Cryptococcal infection in sarcoidosis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 773-774

  Mehrany, Khosrow ^a,b   Kist, Joseph M ^a,b   Gibson, Lawrence E ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; FLUCYTOSINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN ULCER; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLUCYTOSINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0036858436     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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