Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis due to Pyrenochaeta romeroi in a Patient with Leprosy [3]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-155

  Girard, Céline ^a   Dereure, Olivier ^a   Rispail, Philippe ^a   Durand, Luc ^a   Guilhou, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ITRACONAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPROSY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOSE MUCOSA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRENOCHAETA ROMEROI; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; STEROID THERAPY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942508195     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310006824     Document Type: Letter

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