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Cutaneous Cryptococcus infection due to C. albidus associated with Sézary syndrome
Author(s) -
Narayan S.,
Batta K.,
Colloby P.,
Tan C.Y.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2000.03724.x
Subject(s) - cryptococcus neoformans , cryptococcus , biology , disease , cerebrospinal fluid , cryptococcosis , yeast , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , medicine , genetics , neuroscience
Cryptococcus albidus is a non‐ neoformans species of the genus Cryptococcus and is a rare cause of disease. There have been only 13 previously reported cases of systemic disease in which this opportunistic yeast has been isolated from the lung, cerebrospinal fluid and blood. We report the first case of cutaneous Cryptococcus infection due to the species C. albidus , in a man with Sézary syndrome.