Cryptococcosis as a cause of nephrotic syndrome? A case report and review of the literature

We present a case of a 74 years old male with cutaneous cryptococcosis of the right forearm. Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans was cultivated from the skin and from the bloodstream. He was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome (focal segmental glomerulosclerosis) 21 months prior to admission, whic...

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Main Authors: Regev Cohen, Frida Babushkin, Maurice Shapiro, Ronen Ben-Ami, Talya Finn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250918300830