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[Cryptococcosis: a potential aetiology of facial ulceration]

R Béogo1, J-B Andonaba2, S Bamba3

  • 1Service de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, CHU Sanou Souro, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

Journal De Mycologie Medicale
|December 3, 2014
PubMed
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Keywords:
AIDSCryptococcose cutanéeCryptococcose multifocaleCryptococcose méningéeCutaneous cryptococcosisDisseminated cryptococcosisFacial ulcerationMeningitis cryptococcosisSidaUlcération faciale

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