Cutaneous lesions showing giant yeast forms of Blastomyces dermatitidis

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 616-618

  Walker, Karen ^a   Skelton, Henry ^a   Smith, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Department of Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; AMPHOTERICIN B;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; CASE REPORT; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MYCOSIS; PAPULE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CYTOLOGY; FATALITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0036863744     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2002.291009.x     Document Type: Article

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