title: Primary capsule-deficient cutaneous cryptococcosis in a sporotrichoid pattern in an immunocompetent host.
abstract: Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic yeast infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans that remains the most common systemic fungal infection in immunosuppressed patients and often presents with signs of meningitis. Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis (PCC) is a more rare clinical identity that is characterized by skin lesions confined to 1 body region, often presenting as a whitlow or phlegmon with positive culture for C neoformans and no evidence of simultaneous dissemination. We report a rare case of PCC in a 73-year-old man with intact cell-mediated immunity.
authors.affiliation: 11007 Blan Avon Rd, Midlothian, MD 21543, USA. njackson@osteo.wvsom.edu.
authors.forename: Nathan Am
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Herring
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D017964:Itraconazole