HIV Management Guide for Clinical Care

HIV Management Guide for Clinical Care

HIV-infectious Disease & Cancer

Management > HIV-infectious Disease & Cancer > Dermatological Conditions > Cryptococcosis > Management and prevention

Management and prevention

Cutaneous cryptococcosis without evidence of systemic involvement can be treated with oral fluconazole. If extracutaneous disease is found then the recommended treatment is intravenous amphotericin and flucytosine for at least 2 weeks, followed by oral fluconazole for at least 8 weeks. (21 

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