Disseminated infection due to Chrysosporium zonatum in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease and review of non-aspergillus fungal infections in patients with this disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-25

  Roilides, Emmanuel ^a,b   Sigler, Lynne ^c   Bibashi, Evangelia ^b   Katsifa, Helen ^a   Flaris, Nicolas ^b   Panteliadis, Christos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM ZONATUM; FUNGI; ONYGENACEAE; UNCINOCARPUS ORISSI;

EID: 0032946142     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.18-25.1999     Document Type: Article

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