Cutaneous cryptococcosis: an underlying immunosuppression? Clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, diagnostic examinations and treatment

Due to constantly growing population of immunocompromised patients the fungi became a widespread threat to modern medicine. HIV carriers, solid organ transplant recipients constitute most of those patients. Cryptococcosis is a frequent cause of life-threatening infections, affecting mostly immunosup...

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Published in:Postȩpy dermatologii i alergologii Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 154 - 158
Main Authors: Nowak, Marcela, Putynkowska, Anna, Barańska-Rybak, Wioletta, Czarnacka, Kamila, Dębska-Ślizień, Maria
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Poznan Termedia Publishing House 01-01-2020
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Summary:Due to constantly growing population of immunocompromised patients the fungi became a widespread threat to modern medicine. HIV carriers, solid organ transplant recipients constitute most of those patients. Cryptococcosis is a frequent cause of life-threatening infections, affecting mostly immunosuppressed patients. This article presents current knowledge on cryptococcal infections, including epidemiology, clinical aspects, diagnosis and recommended treatment. In reference to our patient, who developed a disseminated and fulminant subtype of the disease, we wanted to underline the need to examine patients thoroughly. The highest aim of those measures would be to avoid lethal consequences.
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ISSN:1642-395X
2299-0046
DOI:10.5114/ada.2020.94833