Onychoprotothecosis due to Prototheca wickerhamii

Mycopathologia

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-77

  Galán, Fátima ^a   García Martos, Pedro ^a   Palomo, María Jesús ^a   Beitrán, Manuel ^a   Gil, José Luis ^a   Mira, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLORELLA; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INFECTION; NAIL;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INFECTION; NAILS; PROTOTHECA;

PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII;

EID: 0030931736     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006893614334     Document Type: Article

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