Disseminated candidiasis: evidence of a distinctive syndrome in heroin abusers.
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Disseminated candidiasis: evidence of a distinctive syndrome in heroin abusers.
Seven young men developed similar manifestations of disseminated candidiasis after a single episode of intravenous heroin abuse. Sequential development of lesions of the eye, skin, and bone or costal cartilage was noted within 10 days after injection. Skin lesions were confined to the scalp and other hair bearing areas. Candida albicans was cultured readily from affected skin and costal cartila...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.287.6396.861