Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis and secondary antigenemia in a patient with long-term corticosteroid therapy

Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-89

  Hafner, C ^a   Linde, H J ^a   Vogt, T ^a   Breindl, G ^a   Tintelnot, K ^b   Koellner, K ^a   Landthaler, M ^a   Szeimies, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; PIPERACILLIN; SULBACTAM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEBRIDEMENT; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INFECTION; SUPERINFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; YEAST;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 17844376775     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-005-4095-3     Document Type: Article

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