Cutaneous infection showing sporotrichoid spread caused by Pseudallescheria boydii (Scedosporium apiospermum): Successful detection of fungal DNA in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections by seminested PCR

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-272

  Hagari, Yoshitaka ^a   Ishioka, Sakae ^a   Ohyama, Fuminori ^a   Mihara, Motoyuki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; FUNGAL DNA; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOSIS; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SPOROTRICHOSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

EID: 0036171662     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.138.2.271     Document Type: Article

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