title: Disseminated cryptococcosis in an HIV-negative patient.
abstract: A young, unmarried, immunocompetent female presented with complaints of fever and altered sensorium, along with lesions over the face and trunk. A provisional diagnosis of disseminated herpes simplex with giant molluscum contagiosum was made. However, cutaneous biopsy of the lesions showed numerous cryptococcal organisms which stained positive to periodic acid-Schiff. This case is reported to sensitise physicians to keep cryptococcosis as a differential diagnosis in such types of skin lesions, as the lesions resemble that of molluscum contagiosum very closely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi-110095, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajpal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans