Report of the first human case of lobomycosis in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1283-1285

  Burns, Robert A ^a   Roy, J Stephen ^b   Woods, Cavan ^a   Padhye, Arvind A ^c,d   Warnock, David W ^c  

^a North Georgia Surgical Associates   (United States)

^b Dianon Systems   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACAZIA LOBOI; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; YEAST;

CITRUS LIMON; LACAZIA LOBOI;

EID: 0034006415     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1283-1285.2000     Document Type: Article

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