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  • Title: Cryptococcosis during systemic glucocorticosteroid treatment.
    Author: Lauerma AI, Jeskanen L, Rantanen T, Stubb S, Kariniemi AL.
    Journal: Dermatology; 1999; 199(2):180-2. PubMed ID: 10559593.
    Abstract:
    Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection caused by a fungus, Cryptococcus neoformans. It is usually seen in immunocompromised patients with AIDS, leukaemia, lymphoma, sarcoidosis or immunosuppressive treatments. We describe a patient who was treated with systemic glucocorticosteroids for 4 years because of lung sarcoidosis. During the last year of treatment, a papular eruption developed which later became ulcerative. In a histopathological examination of a skin biopsy, there was granulomatous inflammation, and the disease was treated as sarcoidosis without success. After 1 year's unsuccessful treatment, another skin biopsy and skin fungal culture revealed C. neoformans. Cryptococcal antigen was found in blood and cerebrospinal fluid, too. The patient was successfully treated first with an amphotericin-B-flucytosine combination and later with fluconazole.
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