• Surgical infections · Jan 2004

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    Cryptococcal myositis and vasculitis: an unusual necrotizing soft tissue infection.

    • Asaf A Gave, Richard Torres, and Lewis Kaplan.
    • Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Surgical Emergencies, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
    • Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2004 Jan 1; 5 (3): 309-13.

    BackgroundCryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans is an opportunistic yeast that typically infects immunocompromised patients.MethodsA case report and review of the pertinent English-language literature are presented.ResultsNecrotizing vasculitis associated with cryptococcal invasion was identified in 1986. Until now, only 24 cases of cryptococcal cellulitis have been reported, including one case of cryptococcal necrotizing fasciitis and one case of necrotizing vasculitis. We report an unusual case of occult disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as necrotizing cellulitis, fasciitis, and myositis.ConclusionsCryptococcal soft tissue infection serves as a marker of disseminated cryptococcosis in immunocompromised hosts. Owing to its rarity as a cause of soft tissue infections, diagnosis is difficult and mortality is high.

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