Cutaneous cryptococcus infection due to C. albidus associated with Sézary syndrome.
Cryptococcus albidus is a non-neoformans species of the genus Cryptococcus and is a rare cause of disease. There have been only 13 previously reported cases of systemic disease in which this opportunistic yeast has been isolated from the lung, cerebrospinal fluid and blood. We report the first case of cutaneous Cryptococcus infection due to the species C. albidus, in a man with Sézary syndrome.
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Department of Dermatology, The Birmingham Skin Centre and Department of Histopathology, City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH, U.K.
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D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012751:Sezary Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole