Primary unusual cutaneous cryptococcosis in an HIV former drug-abuser patient

Mycoses. 1997 Sep;40(3-4):101-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00195.x.

Abstract

We describe an HIV-positive patient suffering from cutaneous cryptococcosis who was a former intravenous drug abuser and who presented a nodulo-ulcerated lesion on the back of his left hand. This was caused 4 months previously when the patient was injured by a pigeon nesting in an abandoned house. After fluconazole treatment for 4 months, no other visceral infections were recorded 18 months after complete healing of the lesion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / pathology
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Columbidae
  • Cryptococcosis / drug therapy
  • Cryptococcosis / etiology*
  • Cryptococcosis / pathology
  • Dermatomycoses / drug therapy
  • Dermatomycoses / etiology*
  • Dermatomycoses / pathology
  • Fluconazole / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Skin Ulcer / etiology
  • Skin Ulcer / pathology
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Fluconazole