Exuberant mucocutaneous lesions of disseminated histoplasmosis in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patient

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-159

  Nico, Marcello Menta S ^a   Higashino, Hermes Ryoiti ^a   Yeh Li, Ho ^a   Carvalho, Noemia Barbosa ^a   Lourenço, Silvia Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSPHAGIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTIOCYTIC SKIN DISEASE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH ULCER; ORAL BIOPSY; PAPULE; SKIN EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA;

EID: 59149100501     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03580.x     Document Type: Article

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