Cutaneous sporotrichosis in Himachal Pradesh, India

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-31

  Mahajan, V K ^a   Sharma, N L ^a   Sharma, R C ^a   Gupta, M L ^a   Garg, G ^a   Kanga, A K ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cutaneous infection; Epidemiology; India; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FUNGUS CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LACRIMATION; LIP DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SNEEZING; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 13844280531     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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