Fusarium verticillioides abscess of the nasal septum in an immunosuppressed child: Case report and identification of the morphologically atypical fungal strain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1998-2001

  Dornbusch, Hans Jürgen ^a   Buzina, Walter ^b   Summerbell, Richard C ^d   Lass Flörl, Cornelia ^c   Lackner, Herwig ^a   Schwinger, Wolfgang ^a   Sovinz, Petra ^a   Urban, Christian ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Graz   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BUDESONIDE; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN; ELONGATION FACTOR; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENICILLIN V; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; VORICONAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; GENE SEQUENCE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NOSE SEPTUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ABSCESS; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIPOSOMES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; NASAL SEPTUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 16844364998     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.1998-2001.2004     Document Type: Article

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