Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related oral and/or cutaneous histoplasmosis: A descriptive and comparative study of 21 cases in French Guiana

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 571-576

  Couppié, Pierre ^a   Clyti, Emmanuel ^b   Nacher, Mathieu ^b   Aznar, Christine ^b   Sainte Marie, Dominique ^b   Carme, Bernard ^b   Pradinaud, Roger ^b  

^a Inst Guyanais de Dermatol Trop   (French Guiana)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CD4 ANTIGEN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FRENCH GUIANA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH LESION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036750334     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01590.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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