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Surgical Management of Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis after Failed Medical Management

Justin Leigh McKinney
1   St. Josephs Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA   Email: jmckinne@nyit.edu
,
Dean Cerio
2   East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery, Englewood, NJ, USA
,
Cyrus Loghmanee
2   East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery, Englewood, NJ, USA
,
Paulo Pinho
3   PASE Healthcare PC, Millburn, NJ, USA
,
Rui Gomes
3   PASE Healthcare PC, Millburn, NJ, USA
,
Mili Patel
3   PASE Healthcare PC, Millburn, NJ, USA
,
Janeen Miraglia
3   PASE Healthcare PC, Millburn, NJ, USA
,
Manal Youssef-Bessler
4   Infectious Disease Center of NJ, Livingston, NJ, USA
,
Jonathan Zippin
5   Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
,
Harini Rao
6   Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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17 December 2013

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13 September 2016 (online)

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