Cryptococcal infection presenting as cellulitis in a renal transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-71

  Orsini, J ^a   Nowakowski, J ^a   Delaney, V ^a   Sakoulas, G ^a   Wormser, G P ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Cryptococcal infection; Cryptococcus neoformans; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CELLULITIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 58649102473     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2008.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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