The Madura foot: An 'innocent foot mycosis'?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 242-248

  Ten Broeke, R ^a   Walenkamp, G ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Itraconazole resistant Phialophora cyanescens; Madura foot

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIMB DEFORMITY; MALE; MYCETOMA; NETHERLANDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SUPPURATION; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031868696     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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