Clinical and pathologic characteristics of disseminated cutaneous coccidioidomycosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 831-837

  Carpenter, John B ^a   Feldman, Jacob S ^a   Leyva, William H ^a   DiCaudo, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISSEMINATED CUTANEOUS COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FUNGEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 77950557587     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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