Deep fungal infections in tropical countries

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-190

  Rivitti, Evandro A ^a   Aoki, Valéria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLOFAZIMINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SAPERCONAZOLE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFADIMETHOXINE; SULFAPYRIDINE; SULFONAMIDE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SPOROTRICHOSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TROPICS;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MADUROMYCOSIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RHINOSPORIDIOSIS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SPOROTRICHOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 0032731232     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(99)00010-3     Document Type: Review

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