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1562. Impact of Skin Biopsy on Diagnosing Infections and Changing Treatment in Cancer Patients with New Skin Rash

BACKGROUND: Skin lesions in immunosuppressed cancer patients have a broad differential of infectious and non-infectious causes. Rash may be an early indication of serious systemic infections that are otherwise difficult to diagnose; hence, skin biopsy with culture and histopathology plays a vital ro...

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Autores principales: Jakharia, Niyati, Stafford, Kristen, Riedel, David J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253036/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1390