Cutaneous cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii in a patient on chronic corticotherapy;Criptococose cutânea causada por cryptococcus gattii em um paciente sob corticoterapia crônica

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-212

  Bellissimo Rodrigues, Fernando ^a   Baciotti, Maysa ^a   Zanatto, Maria Paula ^a   Silva, Jaqueline Otero ^b   Martins, Marilena dos Anjos ^b   Martinez, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Corticotherapy; Cryptococcus gattii; Cutaneous cryptococcosis

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CUTANEOUS CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SMOKING;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII;

EID: 77954146010     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822010000200022     Document Type: Article

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