Skin involvement with Pneumocystis despite dapsone prophylaxis: A rare cause of skin nodules in a patient with AIDS

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 182-186

  Bundow, Denise L ^a   Aboulafia, David M ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dapsone prophylaxis; Extrapulmonary pneumocystosis; Skin

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030948159     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199703000-00010     Document Type: Article

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