Progressive cutaneous Cryptococcosis complicated with meningitis in a myasthenia gravis patient on long-term immunosuppressive therapy – a case report
Huong N, Altibi A, Hoa N, Tuan L, Salman S, Morsy S, Lien N, Truong N, Mai N, Hoa P, Thang N, Trung V. Progressive cutaneous Cryptococcosis complicated with meningitis in a myasthenia gravis patient on long-term immunosuppressive therapy – a case report. BMC Infectious Diseases 2017, 17: 311. PMID: 28446137, PMCID: PMC5406963, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2415-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term immunosuppressive therapyImmunosuppressive therapyCutaneous cryptococcosisMyasthenia gravisCutaneous manifestations of cryptococcosisDifferential diagnosis of cutaneous lesionsAssociated with myasthenia gravisDiagnosis of cutaneous lesionsHIV-uninfected individualsManifestation of cryptococcosisChronic immunosuppressive therapyHIV-infected individualsProgressive skin lesionsDevelopment of cryptococcosisMyasthenia gravis patientsCD4 countCryptococcal meningitisDisseminated diseaseCase presentationWeOpportunistic infectionsMonth historyVietnamese male patientMale patientsCutaneous manifestationsDifferential diagnosis