Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis in a patient with AIDS: Report of a case

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 655-659

  Carvalho, Miriam Tomoko Mitsuno ^a   De Castro, Adriana Pinheiro ^a   Baby, Cristiane ^a   Werner, Betina ^a   Neto, José Filus ^a   Queiroz Telles, Flávio ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Itraconazole; Sporothrix schenkii; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; THORAX; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 0036869415     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822002000600018     Document Type: Article

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