Trichosporon beigelii infection presenting as white piedra and onychomycosis in the same patient

Cutis

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 209-211

  Elmer, Kathleen B ^a   Elston, Dirk M ^a,b   Libow, Lester F ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOSPORON;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CLOTRIMAZOLE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PIEDRA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 0036782335     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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