[Cutaneous and lymphatic cryptococcosis after transient lymphopenia in an immunocompetent patient].
BACKGROUND
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection, that rarely occurs in immunocompetent patients.


METHODS
We report a case of a 82 year-old woman who suffered from a bacterial pneumonia associated with lymphopenia. During the hospitalisation, she developed a cutaneous and ganglionnary cryptococcosis. No other cause of immunosuppression was found. The lymphopenia disappeared with the healing of the pneumonia treated with systemic antibiotics. Treatment with fluconazole was effective in 2 months on the cryptococcosis.


CONCLUSIONS
To our knowledge, this is the first case of cryptococcosis after a transitory lymphopenia, occurring in a immunocompetent patient.
Gil
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Service de Dermatologie I, Hopital Saint-Jacques, Besancon.
Aubin
F
F
Reboux
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G
Barale
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T
Humbert
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P
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007868:Leg Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008231:Lymphopenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology
D015725:Fluconazole
Cryptococcose cutanee et ganglionnaire au decours d'une lymphopenie transitoire chez une malade immunocompetente.