Tinea incognito hidden under apparently treatment-resistant pemphigus foliaceus

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-277

  Guenova, Emmanuella ^a   Hoetzenecker, Wolfram ^a   Schaller, Martin ^a   Röcken, Martin ^a   Fierlbeck, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; DESMOGLEIN 1 ANTIBODY; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MYCOSIS; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; TINEA INCOGNITO; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZATHIOPRINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ITRACONAZOLE; PEMPHIGUS; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDONES; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 44349101990     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0398     Document Type: Letter

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