Cutaneous blastomycosis: A diagnostic challenge

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 824-830

  Mason, Ashley R ^a   Cortes, Gil Y ^a   Cook, Joel ^a   Maize, John C ^a   Thiers, Bruce H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DAPSONE; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FACE INJURY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RASH; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; STAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48249137440     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03732.x     Document Type: Article

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