Disseminated Infection with Nattrassia mangiferae in an Immunosuppressed Patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 478-480

  Willinger, Birgit ^a   Kopetzky, Gerhard ^b   Harm, Ferdinand ^b   Apfalter, Petra ^a   Makristathis, Athanasios ^a   Berer, Andrea ^a   Bankier, Alexander ^a   Winkler, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NATTRASSIA MANGIFERAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSPORIC FUNGI;

FUNGI; SCYTALIDIUM DIMIDIATUM;

EID: 0345831983     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.478-480.2004     Document Type: Article

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