Pyoderma gangrenosum-like primary cutaneous cryptococcosis [11]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-77

  Jasch, Kim C ^a   Hermes, Barbara ^a   Scheller, Uta ^a   Harth, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN;

EID: 38949179577     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0328     Document Type: Letter

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