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Cryptococcal meningitis presenting with headache and a pustular eruption in a heart transplant patient
Author(s) -
Farber S.A.,
Micheletti R.G.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12421
Subject(s) - medicine , cryptococcal meningitis , meningitis , dermatology , pediatrics , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease
Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection that typically occurs in severely immunocompromised patients. Here, we report the case of a heart transplant recipient who presented with cutaneous lesions and was diagnosed with disseminated cryptococcosis and then cryptococcal meningitis on the basis of positive Tzanck smear of the lesions, confirmed by culture, highlighting the importance of the skin as a window to systemic disease.