Abstract |
Disseminated cryptococcosis uncommonly presents with skin lesions in immunocompromised hosts. Necrotizing fasciitis, necrotizing vasculitis, myositis, or necrotizing soft tissue infection are even more rare presentations. We report 3 cases of cryptococcal necrotizing soft tissue infection, 2 in renal transplant patients, and 1 in a heart transplant patient, and discuss similar cases from the literature. Cryptococcus neoformans should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cellulitis or necrotizing soft tissue infections in immunocompromised patients.
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Authors | S Baer, J W Baddley, J W Gnann, P G Pappas |
Journal | Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
(Transpl Infect Dis)
Vol. 11
Issue 4
Pg. 353-8
(Aug 2009)
ISSN: 1399-3062 [Electronic] Denmark |
PMID | 19422669
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Cellulitis
(microbiology, pathology)
- Cryptococcosis
(microbiology, pathology)
- Cryptococcus neoformans
(isolation & purification)
- Heart Transplantation
(adverse effects)
- Humans
- Kidney Transplantation
(adverse effects)
- Leg
(pathology)
- Lower Extremity
(pathology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Necrosis
(microbiology, pathology)
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