Resident Rounds Part III: Case Report: Fatal Cryptococcal Panniculitis in a Lung Transplant Recipient

May 2015 | Volume 14 | Issue 5 | Features | 519 | Copyright © May 2015


Bobby Y. Reddy MD,a Sheila Shaigany BS,a Lawrence Schulman MD,b and Marc E. Grossman MD FACPa

aDepartment of Der matology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
bDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Bobby Y. Reddy MDbobbyreddy2go@gmail.com
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