CRYPTOCOCCOSIS, also known as torulosis and European blastomycosis, is a subacute or chronic mycotic infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans (Torula histolytica, Cryptococcus hominis). Cryptococci ...
Skin culture grew yeast identified as Cryptococcus neoformans (Figure 3a,b). A lumbar puncture was performed that was negative for cryptococcal antigen, India ink stain, or fungal growth. The patient ...