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Cryptococcosis


InjuryDiseasesNutritionPoison
SymptomsSurgeryTestSpecial Topic
Cryptococcosis on the forehead
Cryptococcosis on the forehead
Cryptococcus, cutaneous on the hand
Cryptococcus, cutaneous on the hand
Overview Symptoms Treatment Prevention
Prevention

Take the lowest doses of corticosteroid medications possible. Practice safe sex to reduce the risk of getting HIV and the infections associated with a weakened immune system.


References
Cecil Medicine

Review Date: 09/15/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).




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