Intraocular coccidioidomycosis diagnosed by skin biopsy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 674-677

  Cunningham Jr , Emmett T ^a   Seiff, Stuart R ^a   Berger, Timothy G ^a   Lizotte, Paul E ^a   Howes Jr , Edward L ^a   Horton, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MENINX DISORDER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0031715247     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.5.674     Document Type: Article

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