Cutaneous cryptococcal infection presenting as vulvar lesion.
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Cutaneous cryptococcal infection presenting as vulvar lesion.
A woman aged 60, who had been immunosuppressed since receiving a renal transplant 17 years before, developed a painless ulcerated lesion on her right labia majora. Cryptococcus neoformans was demonstrated by culture and biopsy of the lesion. This is the first reported case of a genital skin lesion caused by C neoformans.
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1987
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.63.5.341