Case report. Disseminated cutaneous Cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent host

Mycoses

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 113-114

  Vijaya, D ^a   Anand Kumar, B H ^a   Nagarathnamma, T ^a  

^a Bowring and L C Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Cutaneous infection; Immunocompetent host

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0035008235     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2001.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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