Fatal sporotrichosis

Cutis

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-256

  Yelverton, Christopher B ^a   Stetson, Cloyce L ^b   Bang, Ran H ^c   Clark, Justin W ^b   Butler, David F ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIMB; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; EXTREMITIES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 33750861297     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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