Disseminated cryptococcosis with skin lesions: report of a case series
| Autor: | Milvia Maria Simões e Silva Enokihara, Marina Zoéga Hayashida, Victor Pavan Pasin, Camila Arai Seque, Adriana Maria Porro |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment 030106 microbiology Case Report Dermatology Disease Kidney transplantation 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Cryptococcus neoformans biology business.industry Immunosuppression General Medicine Cryptococcosis biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Skin manifestations Pneumonia RL1-803 Differential diagnosis business Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) instacron:UNIFESP Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, Vol 92, Iss 5 suppl 1, Pp 69-72 (2017) |
| Popis: | Cryptococcosis is a common fungal infection in immunocompromised patients, caused by genus Cryptococcus, presenting with meningitis, pneumonia, and skin lesions. Cutaneous presentation can be varied, but specifically in solid organ transplant recipients (iatrogenically immunocompromised), cryptococcosis should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of cellulitis-like lesions, since the delay in diagnosis leads to worse prognosis and fatal outcome. We report four cases of cryptococcosis with cutaneous manifestation not only for its rarity, but also to emphasize the important role of the dermatologist in the diagnosis of this disease. Univ Fed Sao Paulo EPM UNIFESP, Escola Paulista Med, Dept Pathol, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Univ Fed Sao Paulo EPM UNIFESP, Escola Paulista Med, Dept Pathol, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Web of Science |
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