Molecular Detection and Identification of Agents of Eumycetoma: Detailed Report of Two Cases

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5813-5816

  Ahmed, Abdalla O A ^a,b   Desplaces, Nicole ^d   Leonard, Philippe ^d   Goldstein, Fred ^e   De Hoog, Sybren ^c   Verbrugh, Henri ^b   Van Belkum, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d GROUPE HOSPITALIER DIACONESSES CROIX SAINT SIMON   (France)

^e SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUMYCETOMA; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LEG; MADURELLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FUNGI; MADURELLA; MADURELLA MYCETOMATIS;

EID: 0347479375     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5813-5816.2003     Document Type: Article

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