Cellulitis in a Liver Transplant Patient as an Initial Manifestation of Disseminated Cryptococcal Disease

• Main Authors: Marcos Davi Gomes de Sousa (Author), Fred Bernardes Filho (Author), Luís Eduardo Barros Costa Fernandes (Author), Cássia Regina Guedes Leal (Author), Cristiane Rocha Magalhães (Author), Marcos Antonio Custódio Neto da Silva (Author), Halime Silva Barcaui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 50-year-old male underwent liver transplantation due to cryptogenic cirrhosis and was admitted with severe pain in the left leg as well as phlogosis. Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid was prescribed, assuming bullous erysipelas. Among the tests performed, the latex agglutination test for the Cryptococcu...