Case report: Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis by Exophiala jeanselmei in a cardiac transplant recipient

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-57

  Silva, Maria Do Rosário R ^a,b   Fernandes, Orionalda De F L ^a   Costa, Carolina R ^a   Chaul, Aiçar ^a   Morgado, Luciano F ^a   Fleury Jr , Luis Fernando ^a   Costa, Maurício B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina/UFG ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exophiala jeanselmei; Phaeohyphomycosis; Subcutaneous infections

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; EXOPHIALA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECIPIENT; SKIN ULCER; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; WOUND HEALING; DERMATOMYCOSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; EXOPHIALA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 18244386504     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652005000100009     Document Type: Article

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