Cutaneous colesional acquired immunodeficiency syndrome associated kaposi sarcoma and cryptococcosis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 780-786

  Ramdial, Pratistadevi K ^a   Sing, Yetish ^a   Subrayan, Sumeshini ^a   Calonje, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; colesional; cryptococcosis; immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; Kaposi sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CUTANEOUS CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; ODYNOPHAGIA; OROPHARYNX; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SPINDLE CELL; VIRUS INHIBITION; YEAST;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BIOPSY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650414526     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181dbc5de     Document Type: Article

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