Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala spinifera in India

Medical Mycology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 437-441

  Rajendran, C ^a   Khaitan, Binod K ^a   Mittal, Rashmi ^b   Ramam, M ^b   Bhardwaj, Minakshi ^c   Datta, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Exophiala spinifera; India; Phaeohyphomycosis; Uttar Pradesh

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA SPINIFERA; FACE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PAPULE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THIGH; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSES; EXOPHIALA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; ITRACONAZOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA SPINIFERA; FUNGI; VERRUCA;

EID: 0344876476     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369378031000153820     Document Type: Article

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