Disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as pseudofolliculitis in an AIDS patient

Cutis

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-210

  Coker, Leslie R ^a   Swain, Roberta ^a   Morris, Robert ^a   McCall, Calvin O ^a,b  

^a School of Medicine ^*

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0034277645     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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