A case of primary cutaneous cryptococcosis

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作者：
D. Vogelaers
M. Petrovic
M. Deroo
P. Verplancke
Y. Claessens
J. M. Naeyaert
M. Afschrift
机构：
[1] University Hospital Ghent,Department of Internal Medicine
[2] University Hospital Ghent,Department of Dermatology
来源：
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 1997年 / 16卷
关键词：
Steroid; Internal Medicine; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Pulmonary Disease; Amphotericin;
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摘要：
The case of a 77-year-old man in whom a large digital ulcer with undermined edges was due to cutaneous infection byCryptococcus neoformans varietyneoformans serotype D, probably following direct inoculation, is reported. Long-term steroid treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may have been a risk factor. A 12-day course of intravenous amphotericin B at a cumulative dose of 750 mg, followed by oral fluconazole at a daily dose of 600 mg for six weeks, resulted in healing of the skin lesion. Manifestations of primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in immunocompetent or immunocompromised patients are reviewed
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