Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis: the importance of early diagnosis
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Pyoderma gangrenosum-like primary cutaneous cryptococcosis.
Sir, The first published case of a Cryptococcus infection was reported by Zenker in 1861 (1), when he described a case of a man dying from a fungal infection involving the central nervous system (CNS). Thereafter, reports of Cryptococcus infections increased significantly. Today most cases occur in immunocompromised, often HIVinfected, individuals (2). C. neoformans (CN) is a ubiquitous yeast-l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0365-0596
DOI: 10.1016/j.abd.2020.12.004