Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 115 (8) , 984-985
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1979.04010080048024
Abstract
Cryptococcal infections in immunocompromised patients are of major importance. Current opinion holds that cutaneous cryptococcal infections in these patients indicate disseminated disease. In our renal transplant patient with primary cutaneous cryptococcosis, intravenously administered antifungal chemotherapy resulted in resolution of the disease and appears to have prevented disseminated infection. (Arch Dermatol 115:984-985, 1979)This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Cutaneous cryptococcosis. A sentinel of disseminated diseaseArchives of Dermatology, 1971
- Cutaneous (Chancriform) Syndrome in Deep MycosesArchives of Dermatology, 1963