Cryptococcal meningitis with secondary cutaneous involvement in an immunocompetent host
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Cryptococcal meningitis with secondary cutaneous involvement in an immunocompetent host.
Cryptococcosis is a potentially fatal fungal disease caused by variants of Cryptococcus neoformans species. The respiratory tract is the usual portal of entry, with a peculiar predilection to invade the central nervous system. The skin can be secondarily involved in disseminated infection or be exceptionally involved as primary cutaneous infection by inoculation. The disease is mostly seen i...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1972-2680
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2622