Onychomycosis caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2927-2930

  D'Antonio, Domenico ^a,b   Romano, Ferdinando ^a   Iacone, Antonio ^a   Violante, Beatrice ^a   Fazii, Paolo ^b   Pontieri, Eugenio ^c   Staniscia, Tommaso ^a   Caracciolo, Claudia ^c   Bianchini, Stefano ^c   Sferra, Roberta ^c   Vetuschi, Antonella ^c   Gaudio, Eugenio ^c   Carruba, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLASTOSCHIZOMYCES CAPTIATUS; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032779925     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.2927-2930.1999     Document Type: Article

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