Morphologic criteria for the preliminary identification of Fusarium, Paecilomyces, and Acremonium species by histopathology

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Liu, Katharine ^a   Howell, David N ^a,b   Perfect, John R ^a,b   Schell, Wiley A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acremonium; Adventitiou s sporulation; Fusarium; Histopathology; Hyalohyphomycosis; Paecilomyces

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; METHENAMINE; SILVER;

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPHOMYCETES; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0031962926     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/109.1.45     Document Type: Article

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