Mycosis fungoides with tinea pseudoimbricata owing to Trichophyton rubrum infection

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-56

  Poonawalla, Tasneem ^a   Chen, Weina ^a   Duvic, Madeleine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 0434 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BEXAROTENE; CHLORMETHINE; CLOBETASOL; DICLOXACILLIN; NAFTIFINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; PSORALEN; TERBINAFINE; ALKYLATING AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INFLAMMATION; KERATODERMA; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MYCOSIS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUVA; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FISSURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALBUS; TABLET FORMULATION; TINEA; TINEA PEDIS; TINEA PSEUDOIMBRICATA; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TUMOR; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MECHLORETHAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PUVA THERAPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 34247549460     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2006.00007     Document Type: Article

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