Invasive cryptococcosis in a family with epidermodysplasia verruciformis and idiopathic CD4 cell depletion

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1252-1253

  Yinnon, Amos M ^a   Rudensky, Bernard ^b   Sagi, Ephraim ^b   Breuer, Gabriel ^b   Brautbar, Chaim ^b   Polacheck, Itzhack ^b   Halevy, Jonathan ^b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030828842     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516964     Document Type: Article

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