Disseminated cryptococcosis with cutaneous lesions complicating steroid therapy for Behçet's disease

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 821-823

  Carbia, Sergio Gabriel ^a   Chain, Myriam ^a   Acuña, Karina ^a   Dei Cas, Ignacio ^a   Glorio, Roberto ^a   Malah, Verónica ^a   Juárez, María ^a   Woscoff, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; THALIDOMIDE;

BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LEG DISEASE; MALE; SCLEROSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER; THIGH; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; PREDNISONE;

EID: 0142186785     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01758.x     Document Type: Article

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