Medical Mycology Case Reports (Oct 2014)

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

  • Manoon Leechawengwongs,
  • Samaniya Milindankura,
  • Kriengkrai Sathirapongsasuti,
  • Teerawit Tangkoskul,
  • Sompone Punyagupta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.005
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. C
pp. 31 – 33

Abstract

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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.

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