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Thomas R. Frieden, Frank J. Bia, Peter W. Heald, Richard N. Eisen, Thomas F. Patterson, Richard L. Edelson, Cutaneous Cryptococcosis in a Patient with Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma Receiving Therapy with Photopheresis and Methotrexate, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 17, Issue 4, October 1993, Pages 776–778, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/17.4.776
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Abstract
Photopheresis is being used with increasing frequency as therapy for patients with neoplastic and dermatologic diseases and is being evaluated as therapy for patients with AIDS. We describe a patient with advanced cutaneous T cell lymphoma who developed pulmonary and cutaneous cryptococcosis after receiving therapy with photopheresis and biweekly methotrexate. We consider the potential roles of cutaneous T cell lymphoma, methotrexate, and photopheresis as predisposing factors in the development of serious cryptococcal infections.