Multiple cutaneous swellings in an immunocompetent host – cryptococcosis overlooked
Recently, there has been an increase in the incidence of cryptococcosis even among immunocompetent patients. We present a case of multiple subcutaneous swellings later developing into a non-healing ulcer caused by Cryptococcus in a 60 year-old immunocompetent male along with a brief review of clinic...
Main Authors: | Kranthi Kosaraju, Chiranjoy Mukhopadhyay, K.E. Vandana, Kiran Yagain, N.R. Rao |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011-07-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867011702124 |
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