New Perspectives from Misdiagnosis: A Case of Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis Treated with Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate Successfully

Mycopathologia. 2020 Jun;185(3):595-596. doi: 10.1007/s11046-020-00454-9. Epub 2020 May 17.

Authors

Wanglan Luo¹, Di Che¹, Hongguang Lu¹, Yanping Jiang^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou Medical University, Beijing Road 4, Yunyan District, Guiyang, China.
² Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou Medical University, Beijing Road 4, Yunyan District, Guiyang, China. [email protected].
³ Centre of Expertise in Mycology of RadboudUMC/CWZ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [email protected].

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Cryptococcosis* / diagnosis
Cryptococcosis* / drug therapy
Cryptococcosis* / pathology
Cryptococcus neoformans / isolation & purification*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use*
Male
Mycoses / diagnosis
Mycoses / drug therapy
Mycoses / pathology
Nose / microbiology
Nose / pathology
Pathology, Molecular
Skin Diseases, Infectious / diagnosis
Young Adult

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Hydroxychloroquine

Supplementary concepts

protothecosis