Cutaneous cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent host;Criptococcosi cutanea in un ospite immunocompetente

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-45

  Coppola, Carmine ^a   Ferraioli, Giovanna ^a   Scarano, Ferdinando ^a  

^a Ospedale S Leonardo   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PUS; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037266926     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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