Dematiaceous fungi are an increasing cause of human disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-80

  Rossmann, Susan Norton ^a,b   Cernoch, Patricia L ^a   Davis, James R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCYTOSINE; KETOCONAZOLE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; EXOPHIALA; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPHOMYCETES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOSIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030058876     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.1.73     Document Type: Article

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