Exophiala oligosperma causing olecranon bursitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4779-4782

  Bossler, A D ^a   Richter, S S ^a   Chavez, A J ^a   Vogelgesang, S A ^a   Sutton, D A ^b   Grooters, A M ^c   Rinaldi, M G ^b   De Hoog, G S ^d   Pfaller, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CASE REPORT; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA OLIGOSPERMA; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLECRANON BURSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

BURSA, SYNOVIAL; BURSITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELBOW JOINT; EXOPHIALA; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ULNA;

EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA OLIGOSPERMA; FUNGI;

EID: 0141923781     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4779-4782.2003     Document Type: Article

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