A case of sporotrichosis treated with itraconazole

Medical Mycology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 443-445

  Ozcan, Atilla ^a   Senol, Mustafa ^a   Karaca, Semsettin ^a   Sener, Serpil ^a   Polat, Mualla ^a   Ozerol, Halil ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Itraconazole; Lymphocutaneous; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; THIAMPHENICOL;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HAND; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PUS; PYODERMA; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SCAR; SKIN ULCER; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 0344876475     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369378031000156908     Document Type: Article

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