Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii VGII in a tsunami survivor from Thailand

Skin and soft tissue fungal infections with Apophysomyces elegans, Fusarium solani, Cladophialophora bantiana have been reported in survivors from 2004 Indian ocean Tsunami. We report the first case of primary cutaneous cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii VGII in a Tsunami survivor from Tha...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Leechawengwongs, Manoon, Milindankura, Samaniya, Sathirapongsasuti, Kriengkrai, Tangkoskul, Teerawit, Punyagupta, Sompone
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
Materias:
Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25379396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.005
Descripción
Sumario:Skin and soft tissue fungal infections with Apophysomyces elegans, Fusarium solani, Cladophialophora bantiana have been reported in survivors from 2004 Indian ocean Tsunami. We report the first case of primary cutaneous cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii VGII in a Tsunami survivor from Thailand.

Ejemplares similares