Rhinosporidiosis in Egypt: A case report and review of literature

Mycopathologia

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-207

  Hussein, Mahmoud R ^a,c   Rashad, Usamah M ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

A fungal infection; Egypt; Rhinosporidiosis; Rhinosporidium seeberi

Indexed keywords

RHINOSPORIDIUM SEEBERI; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; EGYPT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE POLYP; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RHINOSPORIDIOSIS; RHINOSPORIDIUM; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; EGYPT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NASAL POLYPS; RHINOSPORIDIOSIS; RHINOSPORIDIUM; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 18344377388     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-004-6388-y     Document Type: Review

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