Onychomycosis caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum. Report of two cases. Review of the taxonomy of the synanamorph and anamorph forms of this coelomycete

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 319-323

  Da Silva Lacaz, Carlos da Silva ^a,b   Pereira, Amélia Dias ^c   Heins Vaccari, Elisabeth Maria ^a   Cucé, Luiz Carlos ^b   Benatti, Cristiane ^b   Nunes, Ricardo Spina ^b   De Melo, Natalina Takahashi ^a   De Freitas Leite, Roseli Santos ^a   Hernández Arriagada, Giovana Leticia ^a  

^a Department of Pathology   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Lab Micologia Médica ^*

Author keywords

Nattrassia mangiferae; Onychomycosis; Scytalidium dimidiatum

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DEUTEROMYCETES; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 0033182844     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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