Ocular and concomitant cutaneous sporotrichosis

Mycoses

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 197-201

  Vieira Dias, D ^a   Sena, C M ^a   Orefice F ^a   Tanure, M A G ^a   Hamdan, Júnia S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cutaneous infection; Ocular infection; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; DICLOFENAC; FLUCONAZOLE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; TIMOLOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSIS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UVEITIS;

SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHUM; SPOROTRICHUM SCHENCKII;

EID: 0031442764     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00214.x     Document Type: Article

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