Cutaneous protothecosis in a patient with AIDS and a severe functional neutrophil defect: Successful therapy with amphotericin B

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1265-1266

  Carey, William P ^a   Kaykova, Yevgenya ^b   Bandres, Juan C ^b   Sidhu, Gurdip S ^b   Bräu, Norbert ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CHLORELLA; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030730209     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516974     Document Type: Article

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