Paracoccidioidomycosis presenting in the U.K. [1]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 624-626

  Walker, S L ^a   Pembroke, A C ^b   Lucas, S B ^c   Vega Lopez, F ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Orpington Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imported; Itraconazole; Paracoccidioidomycosis; Skin

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; 43 KDA PROTEIN, PARACOCCIDIOIDES; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SILVER STAINING; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTERIAL COUNT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN DISEASE;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOT DERMATOSES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049166597     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08346.x     Document Type: Letter

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