Chronic Progressive Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Mexican Cockfighter
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چکیده
We present illustrative images from a Mexican 58-year-old man who had the occupation of cockfighting from childhood and presented with chronic progressive disseminated histoplasmosis with primarily cutaneous manifestations.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 92 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015