Itraconazole Therapy in Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cutis

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-107

  Karakayali, Güliz ^a   Lenk, Nurdan ^a,b   Alli, Nuran ^a   Güngör, Emel ^a   Artüz, Ferda ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Gülhane Lojmanlari ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 0031989332     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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