Localized cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis caused by a Fusarium species infection in a renal transplant patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 905-907

  Cocuroccia, Barbara ^a   Gaido, Jeanette ^a   Gubinelli, Emanuela ^a   Annessi, Giorgio ^a   Girolomoni, Giampiero ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION;

DERMATOMYCOSES; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOSES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI;

EID: 0037316388     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.905-907.2003     Document Type: Article

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