AIDS defining disease: Disseminated cryptococcosis

AIDS defining disease: Disseminated cryptococcosis

Blog Article

Disseminated cryptococcosis is one of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome defining criteria and the most common cause of life threatening meningitis.Disseminated lesions in the skin manifest as papules or civil air patrol emergency services patch nodules that mimic molluscum contagiosum (MC).We report here a human immunodeficiency virus positive patient who presented with MC like lesions.

Disseminated cryptococcosis was confirmed by India ink preparation and welspun spaces double bedsheet histopathology.The condition of the patient improved with amphotercin B.