Abstract
Disseminated cryptococcosis uncommonly presents with skin lesions in immunocompromised hosts. Necrotizing fasciitis, necrotizing vasculitis, myositis, or necrotizing soft tissue infection are even more rare presentations. We report 3 cases of cryptococcal necrotizing soft tissue infection, 2 in renal transplant patients, and 1 in a heart transplant patient, and discuss similar cases from the literature. Cryptococcus neoformans should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cellulitis or necrotizing soft tissue infections in immunocompromised patients.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 353-358 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Transplant Infectious Disease |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2009 |
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Keywords
- Cryptococcus
- Myositis
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Necrotizing vasculitis
- Transplantation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Transplantation
- Infectious Diseases
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