Cryptococcus cutaneous: marker of severity in disseminated infection
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Disseminated cutaneous infection
A 65 year-old man with no remarkable medical history, presented to the emergency room with 5 months of intermittent growth of skin nodules that last about 2 months and heal spontaneously, associated with high spiking fevers, dyspnea, dry cough and 8 Kg weight loss. Physical examination demonstrated noteworthy cachexia, oral thrush, bibasal crackles and multiple non-tender subcutaneous nodules i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Internal Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2332-7251,2332-7243
DOI: 10.5430/crim.v7n1p19