Clinical practice guidelines for the management of sporotrichosis: 2007 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

@article{Kauffman2007ClinicalPG,
  title={Clinical practice guidelines for the management of sporotrichosis: 2007 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.},
  author={Carol A. Kauffman and Beatriz Bustamante and Stanley W. Chapman and Peter G. Pappas},
  journal={Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America},
  year={2007},
  volume={45 10},
  pages={
          1255-65
        }
}
  • C. KauffmanB. Bustamante P. Pappas
  • Published 15 November 2007
  • Medicine
  • Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Guidelines for the management of patients with sporotrichosis were prepared by an Expert Panel of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and replace the guidelines published in 2000. The guidelines are intended for use by internists, pediatricians, family practitioners, and dermatologists. They include evidence-based recommendations for the management of patients with lymphocutaneous, cutaneous, pulmonary, osteoarticular, meningeal, and disseminated sporotrichosis. Recommendations are also… 
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