Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Veronaea botryosa in the People's Republic of China

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2219-2222

  Matsushita, A ^a,b   Jilong, L ^c   Hiruma, M ^b   Kobayashi, M ^b   Matsumoto, T ^d   Ogawa, H ^b   Padhye, A A ^e,f  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Shuangdian Township Clinic   (China)

^d Toshiba General Hospital   (Japan)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; LANMEI SU; TERBINAFINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONIDIUM; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG FORMULATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TABLET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERONAEA BOTRYOSA;

CHILD; CHINA; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

FUNGI;

EID: 0038289063     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2219-2222.2003     Document Type: Article

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