Cutaneous cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 785-791

  Sun, Hsin Yun ^a,b   Alexander, Barbara D ^c   Lortholary, Olivier ^d   Dromer, Francoise ^d   Forrest, Graeme N ^e,t   Lyon, G Marshall ^f   Somani, Jyoti ^f   Gupta, Krishan L ^g   Busto, Ramon Del ^h   Pruett, Timothy L ⁱ   Sifri, Costi D ⁱ   Limaye, Ajit P ^j   John, George T ^k   Klintmalm, Goran B ^l   Pursell, Kenneth ^m   Stosor, Valentina ⁿ   Morris, Michele I ^o   Dowdy, Lorraine A ^o   Muoz, Patricia ^p   Kalil, Andre C ^q   Garcia Diaz, Julia ^r   Orloff, Susan L ^s   House, Andrew A ^t   Houston, Sally H ^u   Wray, Dannah ^v   Huprikar, Shirish ^w   Johnson, Leonard B ^x   Humar, Atul ^y,ac   Razonable, Raymund R ^z   Fisher, Robert A ^aa   Husain, Shahid ^aa,ab   Wagener, Marilyn M ^ab   Singh, Nina ^a,ab   more..

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^h HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^l BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁿ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^r OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^s OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^u TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^v MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^w MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^x Detroit   (United States)

^y TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^z MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^aa VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Cryptococcus; Fungal infections; Transplants

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CUTANEOUS CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG INFECTION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUSTULE; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESICULAR RASH;

EID: 77955867192     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903496617     Document Type: Article

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