Cutaneous cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans with the formation of a giant subcutaneous nodule
Ayaka Ariyoshi
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Takeshi Fukumoto
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Takeshi Fukumoto, Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorShinya Imamura
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKenichiro Ohnuma
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasako Nishida
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShinya Hashimoto
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHiroshi Nagai
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAkiharu Kubo
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAyaka Ariyoshi
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Takeshi Fukumoto
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Correspondence
Takeshi Fukumoto, Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorShinya Imamura
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKenichiro Ohnuma
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasako Nishida
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShinya Hashimoto
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHiroshi Nagai
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAkiharu Kubo
Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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