Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii VGII in a tsunami survivor from Thailand

Manoon Leechawengwongs; Samaniya Milindankura; Kriengkrai Sathirapongsasuti; Teerawit Tangkoskul; Sompone Punyagupta

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.005

Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii VGII in a tsunami survivor from Thailand

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2014 Sep 11:6:31-3. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.08.005. eCollection 2014 Oct.

Authors

Manoon Leechawengwongs¹, Samaniya Milindankura¹, Kriengkrai Sathirapongsasuti¹, Teerawit Tangkoskul², Sompone Punyagupta¹

Affiliations

¹ Vichaiyut Hospital, 71/3 Setsiri Road, Phyathai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
² Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.

Abstract

Skin and soft tissue fungal infections with Apophysomyces elegans, Fusarium solani, Cladophialophora bantiana have been reported in survivors from 2004 Indian ocean Tsunami. We report the first case of primary cutaneous cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii VGII in a Tsunami survivor from Thailand.

Keywords: Cryptococcus gattii; Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis; Tsunami survivor.