Extensive leg ulcer caused by primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in an immunocompromised patient.

Eur J Dermatol

Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.

Published: October 2021

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