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Periorbital necrotising fasciitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans in a healthy young man

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A case report is presented of a healthy 25-year-old man who developed a periorbital necrotising fasciitis after a trivial trauma with a wooden splinter. Necrotising fasciitis of the eyelids occurs rarely. Cryptococcus neoformans is not described as a causative factor of necrotizing fasciitis. Cryptococcus neoformans usually infects patients with immunodeficiencies, diabetes mellitus or steroid therapy. This patient was healthy and developed a periorbital necrotising fasciitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands

    A. C. C. Doorenbos-Bot MD, J. M. M. Hooymans & L. J. Blanksma

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Doorenbos-Bot, A.C.C., Hooymans, J.M.M. & Blanksma, L.J. Periorbital necrotising fasciitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans in a healthy young man. Doc Ophthalmol 75, 315–320 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00164845

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