Pseudallescheria boydii in an immunocompromised host: Successful treatment with débridement and itraconazole

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 382-384

  Ruxin, Tamra A ^a   Steck, William D ^a   Helm, Thomas N ^b   Bergfeld, Wilma F ^a   Bolwell, Brian J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ITRACONAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; ITRACONAZOLE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDALLESCHERIA;

EID: 0029946015     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.4.382     Document Type: Article

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