A case of eumycetoma due to Madurella grisea in northern Brazil

Mycopathologia

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 415-418

  Vilela, Raquel ^a,b,c   Duarte, Olga M V ^a   Rosa, Carlos A ^a   Castro, Joao G F ^b   Lyon, Sandra ^b   Motta, Roberta L ^b   Moura, Ana C L ^b  

^a Eduardo de Menezes Hospital   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal chemotherapy; Black grains; Eumycetoma; Madurella grisea

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MADURELLA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCETOMA; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MADURELLA; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE;

FUNGI; MADURELLA;

EID: 12544250373     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-004-2844-y     Document Type: Article

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