Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection, the incidence of which is increased in the immunocompromised patients. Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungus that mainly infects the lungs and the central nervous system, possibly involving different organs. Cutaneous cryptococcosis is classified into localized infection, usually occurring after traumatic inoculation (primary cutaneous cryptococcosis) and cutaneous manifestation due to hematogenous dissemination (secondary cutaneous cryptococcosis), mostly in patients with underlying immunosuppression. We report a case of cutaneous cryptococcosis in a patient affected by chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
Cutaneous Cryptococcosis in a patient affected by chronic lymphocytic leukaemia / Devirgiliis, Valeria; Panasiti, Vincenzo; Borroni, Rg; Rossi, Mariarita; Curzio, Michela; Riggio, R; Fioriti, Daniela; Nicosia, Rosa; Pietropaolo, Valeria Antonietta; Tecca, M; Chiarini, Fernanda; Innocenzi, D; Calvieri, Stefano. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0394-6320. - STAMPA. - 21(2):(2008), pp. 463-466.
Cutaneous Cryptococcosis in a patient affected by chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
DEVIRGILIIS, VALERIA;PANASITI, VINCENZO;ROSSI, MARIARITA;CURZIO, MICHELA;FIORITI, DANIELA;NICOSIA, Rosa;PIETROPAOLO, Valeria Antonietta;CHIARINI, Fernanda;CALVIERI, Stefano
2008
Abstract
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection, the incidence of which is increased in the immunocompromised patients. Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungus that mainly infects the lungs and the central nervous system, possibly involving different organs. Cutaneous cryptococcosis is classified into localized infection, usually occurring after traumatic inoculation (primary cutaneous cryptococcosis) and cutaneous manifestation due to hematogenous dissemination (secondary cutaneous cryptococcosis), mostly in patients with underlying immunosuppression. We report a case of cutaneous cryptococcosis in a patient affected by chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.