Primary cutaneous cryptococcal infection with subsequent erythema nodosum in a 10-year-old immunocompetent girl
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EN: erythema nodosum PCC: primary cutaneous cryptococcal INTRODUCTION Members of the Cryptococcus genus are opportunistic encapsulated yeasts that cause significant morbidity and mortality most often in immunocompromised hosts. Clinically, cryptococcal infections manifestmost commonlyasmeningitis or a respiratory infection. The cryptococcal species are Cryptococcus neoformans, Cryptococcus gattii, and Cryptococcus laurentii, which each have diverse antigenicity and serotypes. Although C gattii infections occur commonly in immunocompetent patients in endemic areas, C neoformans infections in immunocompetent individuals remain an infrequent occurence. Endemic areas of C gattii include tropical regions and the pacific northwestern ofNorth America after an outbreak in1999. Cutaneous cryptococcal infection is most often observed secondary to disseminated cryptococcosis.
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