Cutaneous cryptococcosis mimicking basal cell carcinoma in a patient with AIDS

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-45

  Ingleton, Rosemarie ^a   Koestenblatt, Evelyn ^a   Don, Philip ^a   Levy, Howard ^b   Szaniawski, Wojciech ^a   Weinberg, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031877229     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/120347549800300112     Document Type: Article

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