Cutaneous criptococosis: an early manifestation of a disseminated infection in a renal transplanted patient.
Keywords:
Cryptococcus neoformans, criptococcosis, transplantationAbstract
Cryptococcus neoformans represent the third cause of systemic fungal infection in transplanted patients after Candida and Aspergillus. It affects primary the central nervous system and the lungs and frequently the affection is systemic. We present the case of a man with lower limb ulcers as initial manifestation of disseminated infection.
Author Biographies
Luz Adriana Vásquez
Dermatóloga Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe
Verónica Molina
Dermatóloga, Unidad de Dermatología Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe
Ana Milena Toro
Residente de segundo año de dermatología UPB.
Carlos Ignacio Gómez
Infectólogo Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe.
Ana Cristina Ruiz
Dermatopatóloga Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe
Juan Esteban Arroyave
Dermatólogo Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe.
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2. Singh N. Fungal Infections in the Recipients of Solid Organ Transplantation. Infect Dis Clin N Am 2003; 17: 113-34.
3. Husain S, Wagener MM, Singh N. Cryptococcus neoformans Infection in Organ Transplant Recipients: Variables Influencing Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes. Emerg Infect Dis 2001; 7: 3: 375-81.
4. Moe K, Lotsikas-Baggili AJ, Kuplec-Banasikowska AK, Kauffman CL. The Cutaneous Predilection of Disseminated Cryptococcal Infection in Organ Transplant Recipients. Arch Dermatol 2005; 141: 913.
5. Perfect JR, Casadevall A. Crytococcosis. Infect Dis Clin N Am 2002; 16: 837-74.
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Vásquez LA, Molina V, Toro AM, Gómez CI, Ruiz AC, Arroyave JE. Cutaneous criptococosis: an early manifestation of a disseminated infection in a renal transplanted patient. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 6 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];16(2):91-3. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/109
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2019-02-06
How to Cite
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Vásquez LA, Molina V, Toro AM, Gómez CI, Ruiz AC, Arroyave JE. Cutaneous criptococosis: an early manifestation of a disseminated infection in a renal transplanted patient. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 6 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];16(2):91-3. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/109
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