Multiple Cutaneous Nodules in an HIV-Infected Patient
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1 Medical Science Program, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand, 3 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 4 Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5 Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand, 6 Excellence Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand
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