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  • Fungal infections can be classified into primary and secondary types, with primary cutaneous cryptococcosis being limited to the skin without affecting the rest of the body.
  • This type of infection is commonly seen in patients with weakened immune systems, while it's rare in those who are immunocompetent.
  • A case study describes an immunocompetent patient who developed ulcerative lesions on the arm after skin injury, identified as caused by serotype B fungi, which healed completely after 5 months of fluconazole treatment.

Article Abstract

According to the spread of sp., fungal infections can be classified as primary or secondary. In primary cutaneous cryptococcosis, the fungi are restricted to the skin of the patients, without systemic involvement. The incidence of primary cutaneous cryptococcosis is high in patients with immunosuppression, and this type of infection is rarely observed in patients who are immunocompetent. In the present case report, a patient who is immunocompetent and has systemic comorbidity reported that, after skin trauma, ulcerovegetative lesions appeared in the right upper arm; the etiologic agent was identified as , serotype B. The cutaneous lesions healed completely after 5 months of fluconazole treatment.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9501260PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7090206DOI Listing

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