Criptococosis mucocutánea
Cryptococcosis is a serious fungal infection that usually occurs in patients with immunocompromise, especially HIV. It usually affects predominantly the lung and the central nervous system, whyle cutaneous and mucous manifestations are infrequent. There are multiple diagnostics methods; and the th...
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| Publicado en: | Revista Médica Universitaria |
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| Sumario: | Cryptococcosis is a serious fungal infection that usually occurs in patients with
immunocompromise, especially HIV. It usually affects predominantly the lung and
the central nervous system, whyle cutaneous and mucous manifestations are infrequent. There are multiple diagnostics methods; and the therapeutic will be decided based on the form of presentation of the infection and the commitment or not of the inmunity of the patient at the time of contact with the fungus. We present an inmunosuppressed patient with mucocutaneous cryptococcosis due to hematogenous spread. |
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