The cutaneous predilection of disseminated cryptococcal infection in organ transplant recipients [9]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 913-914

  Moe, Kathleen ^a   Lotsikas Baggili, Angela J ^a   Kupiec Banasikowska, Agnieszka ^a   Kauffman, Catharine Lisa ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; TISSUE CULTURE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 23044461021     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.7.913     Document Type: Letter

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