Disseminated cryptococcosis in an HIV-negative patient. 2009

S Rajpal, and S Dwivedi, and S C Chaudhary
Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi-110095, India.

A young, unmarried, immunocompetent female presented with complaints of fever and altered sensorium, along with lesions over the face and trunk. A provisional diagnosis of disseminated herpes simplex with giant molluscum contagiosum was made. However, cutaneous biopsy of the lesions showed numerous cryptococcal organisms which stained positive to periodic acid-Schiff. This case is reported to sensitise physicians to keep cryptococcosis as a differential diagnosis in such types of skin lesions, as the lesions resemble that of molluscum contagiosum very closely.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003453 Cryptococcosis Fungal infection caused by genus CRYPTOCOCCUS. C gattii Infection,C neoformans Infection,C. gattii Infection,C. neoformans Infection,Cryptococcus Infection,Cryptococcus Infections,Cryptococcus gattii Infection,Torulosis,Cryptococcus neoformans Infection,C gattii Infections,C neoformans Infections,C. gattii Infections,C. neoformans Infections,Cryptococcoses,Cryptococcus gattii Infections,Cryptococcus neoformans Infections,Infection, C gattii,Infection, C neoformans,Infection, C. gattii,Infection, C. neoformans,Infection, Cryptococcus,Infection, Cryptococcus gattii,Infection, Cryptococcus neoformans,Infections, C gattii,Infections, C. neoformans,Toruloses
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D017809 Fatal Outcome Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept. Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal
D018023 HIV Seronegativity Immune status consisting of non-production of HIV antibodies, as determined by various serological tests. HTLV-III Seronegativity,HIV Seronegativities,HTLV III Seronegativity,HTLV-III Seronegativities,Seronegativities, HIV,Seronegativities, HTLV-III,Seronegativity, HIV,Seronegativity, HTLV-III

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