Trichosporon cutaneum (Trichosporon asahii) infection mimicking hand eczema in a patient with leukemia

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 5 II, 2000, Pages 929-931

  Nakagawa, Toshifumi ^a,b   Nakashima, Kuniyuki ^a,b   Takaiwa, Takashi ^a,b   Negayama, Kiyoshi ^a,b  

^a Kagawa Medical University ^*

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; ENOCITABINE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; HYDROXYUREA; ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; MICONAZOLE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; TRICHOSPORON CUTANEUM;

EID: 0034029401     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(00)90275-5     Document Type: Article

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