Cryptococcal cellulitis in a patient on prednisone monotherapy for myasthenia gravis

Cutis

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Lafleur, Laci ^a   Beaty, Stacy ^b   Colome Grimmer, Maria Isabel ^b,d   LaForte, Russell A ^b,c   Dotson, A Dearl ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Unviersity of Texas Medical Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; CELLULITIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 4944245406     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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