Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 6 , Pages 249-252 , June 2007

Disseminated Cryptococcosis Initially Presenting as Cellulitis in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient

  • Hsueh-Chieh Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ying-Ying Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ying-Ying Yang, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yu-Lin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Te-Li Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chiao-Lin Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Fa-Yauh Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shou-Dong Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 20 November 2006 ,Accepted 30 April 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70368-5

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70368-5

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 6 , Pages 249-252 , June 2007

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