Mycetoma caused by a new red grain mycetoma agent in two members of a family

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 322-324

  Maiti, P K ^b   Bandyopadhyay, Debabrata ^b,c   Dey, J B ^b   Majumdar, M ^a  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^b R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Actinomadura sp.; Family history; Mycetoma; Red grain

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYPOXANTHINE; NITRATE; STREPTOMYCIN; TYROSINE; XANTHINE; PIGMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM STAINING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INDIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCETOMA; PAPULE; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; REDUCTION; SKIN NODULE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR; HUMANS; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 1542539761     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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