Chromoblastomycosis caused by Exophiala spinifera

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 331-335

  Padhye, Arvind A ^a   Hampton, Archibald A ^b   Hampton, Marta T ^b   Hutton, Nancy W ^b   Prevost Smith, Elena ^b   Davis, Miriam S ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOMYCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXOPHIALA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030020355     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.331     Document Type: Article

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