Penicillium marneffei infection in an African man

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Yap, Felix Boon Bin ^a   Thevarajah, Suganthi ^a   Johar, Asmah ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; ITRACONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; APPETITE DISORDER; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSURIA; FACE DISORDER; FEVER; GIEMSA STAIN; GRANULOMA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NAMIBIA; NEGRO; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PAPULE; PENICILLIOSIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN CULTURE; SUPPURATION; THORAX DISEASE; THRUSH; UNSAFE SEX; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YEAST CELL; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; URETHRITIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; NYSTATIN; PENICILLIUM; URETHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958137025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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