Cutaneous cryptococcosis in a patient receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapy

Cutis

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-231

  Piñeski, Raúl ^a,c   Mathurin, Sebastián A ^b   Ruffinengo, Orlando ^b   Alonso, Héctor O ^b   De Bracalenti, Blanca Corallini ^b  

^a Hospital Provincial de Rosario   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CEFOTAXIME; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029887884     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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