A case of purpura fulminans arising from cryptococcosis

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul 1;186(1):109-10. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.186.1.109.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cryptococcosis / blood
  • Cryptococcosis / complications*
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Echinocandins / therapeutic use
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Lipopeptides / therapeutic use
  • Micafungin
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / drug therapy
  • Purpura Fulminans / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • beta-Glucans / blood

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Echinocandins
  • Lipopeptides
  • beta-Glucans
  • Micafungin