Cryptococcal panniculitis in an immunocompromised patient: A case report and review of the literature

Cutis

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 303-306

  Abuav, Rachel ^a   McGirt, Laura Y ^a   Kazin, Rebecca A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERMATOMYCOSES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS;

EID: 77955835309     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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