Progressive cutaneous Cryptococcosis complicated with meningitis in a myasthenia gravis patient on long-term immunosuppressive therapy

Progressive cutaneous Cryptococcosis complicated with meningitis in a myasthenia gravis patient on long-term immunosuppressive therapy – a case report

Published:2017-04-26 Issue:1 Volume:17 Page:
ISSN:1471-2334
Container-title:BMC Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Infect Dis

Author:

Huong Nguyen Thi Cam,Altibi Ahmed M. A.,Hoa Nguyen My,Tuan Le Anh,Salman Samar,Morsy Sara,Lien Nguyen Thi Bich,Truong Nguyen Thanh,Mai Nguyen Thi Hoang,Hoa Pham Thi Le,Thang Nguyen Ba,Trung Van The

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Infectious Diseases

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12879-017-2415-8.pdf

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