Deep dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton rubrum with concomitant disseminated nocardiosis in a renal transplant recipient

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages S173-S176

  Seçkin, Deniz ^a,c   Arikan, Sevtap ^c   Haberal, Mehmet ^b  

^a Departments of Dermatology   (Turkey)

^b General Surgery

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SUPERINFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; TRICHOPHYTON;

DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TACROLIMUS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 16644373234     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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