Disseminated blastomycosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-127

  Assaly, Ragheb A ^a   Hammersley, Jeffrey R ^a   Olson, Dan E ^a   Farrouk, Azmi ^b   Zaher, Aiman ^b   Amurao, Guillermo V ^a   Shelley, Walter B ^a   Shelley, E Dorinda ^a   Amurao, Cristine V ^a  

^a Divisions of Pulmonary/Critical Care ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037233907     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.64     Document Type: Article

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