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Review paper

Cutaneous cryptococcosis: an underlying immunosuppression? Clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, diagnostic examinations and treatment

Marcela A. Nowak
1
,
Anna Putynkowska
2
,
Wioletta Barańska-Rybak
1
,
Kamila Czarnacka
1
,
Maria A. Dębska-Ślizień
1

1.
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
2.
Department of Dermatology, Copernicus Hospital, Gdansk, Poland
Adv Dermatol Allergol 2020; XXXVII (2): 154–158
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2020.94833
Online publish date: 2020/05/05
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Due to constantly growing population of immunocompromised patients the fungi became a widespread threat to modern medicine. HIV carriers, solid organ transplant recipients constitute most of those patients. Cryptococcosis is a frequent cause of life-threatening infections, affecting mostly immunosuppressed patients. This article presents current knowledge on cryptococcal infections, including epidemiology, clinical aspects, diagnosis and recommended treatment. In reference to our patient, who developed a disseminated and fulminant subtype of the disease, we wanted to underline the need to examine patients thoroughly. The highest aim of those measures would be to avoid lethal consequences.
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cryptococcosis, Cryptococcus neoformans, kidney transplantation, dermatomycoses
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