Onychomycosis and keratomycosis caused by Alternaria sp.: A bipolar opportunistic infection in a wood-pulp worker on chronic steroid therapy

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 611-613

  Arrese, Jorge E ^a   Piérard Franchimont, Claudine ^a   Piérard, Gérald E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Cornea; Fingernail; Immunocompromise; Keratomycosis; Onychomycosis; Pap er manufacturing; Steroid therapy; Wood pulp

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KERATOMYCOSIS; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

ALTERNARIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PAPER; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030450031     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199612000-00011     Document Type: Article

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