Two renal transplant recipients with cellulitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans are described. The patients were treated empirically for a presumed bacterial erysipelas, but without response. Examination of skin biopsies revealed C. neoformans as the causative organism. In both patients the cellulitis was the presenting clinical manifestation of disseminated cryptococcosis. Therapy with antifungal agents was successful. Disseminated cryptococcal disease occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients. When left untreated, it nearly always has a fatal course. Early diagnosis and appropriate therapy are therefore essential.
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