Cutaneous and disseminated blastomycosis: A pediatric case series

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-28

  Brick, Katherine E ^a   Drolet, Beth A ^b,c   Lyon, Valerie B ^b,c   Galbraith, Sheila S ^b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SPUTUM CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84872320581     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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