Cryptococcal cellulitis in a heart transplant recipient

Hovik J Ashchyan; Emily Blumberg; Filiberto Cedeno-Laurent; Taylor Olson; Xiaowei Xu; Laura A Taylor; Robert G Micheletti; Misha Rosenbach

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2016.08.005

Cryptococcal cellulitis in a heart transplant recipient

JAAD Case Rep. 2016 Oct 11;2(5):403-405. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2016.08.005. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Authors

Hovik J Ashchyan¹, Emily Blumberg², Filiberto Cedeno-Laurent³, Taylor Olson¹, Xiaowei Xu⁴, Laura A Taylor⁴, Robert G Micheletti³, Misha Rosenbach³

Affiliations

¹ Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

No abstract available

Keywords: CNS, central nervous system; cryptococcal cellulitis; cryptococcosis; cryptococcus neoformans; immunocompromised; mucocutaneous; opportunistic infection; transplant; yeast.

Publication types

Case Reports