Idiopathic CD4+ T lymphocytopenia with epidermodysplasia verruciformis-like skin eruption, Nocardia farcinica brain abscesses and pulmonary tuberculosis: A case report with fatal outcome

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 930-933

  Göktay, Fatih ^a   Mansur, Ayşe Tülin ^a   Erşahin, Mehmet ^b   Adaleti, Riza ^b   Güneş, Pembegül ^c  

^a HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Turkey)

^c GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLARITHROMYCIN PLUS LANSOPRAZOLE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

BRAIN ABSCESS; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; MALE; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTOPENIA, IDIOPATHIC CD4-POSITIVE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052043621     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.01117.x     Document Type: Letter

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