Cryptococcosis during systemic glucocorticosteroid treatment

Dermatology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 180-182

  Lauerma, Antti I ^a   Jeskanen, Leila ^a   Rantanen, Tapio ^b   Stubb, Sakari ^a   Kariniemi, Arja Leena ^a,c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Glucocorticosteroid; Opportunistic infection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0032718903     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018234     Document Type: Article

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