Successful treatment of antifungal- and cryotherapy-resistant subcutaneous hyalohyphomycosis in an immunocompetent case with topical 5% imiquimod cream

Mycopathologia

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 521-526

  Erbagci, Zulal ^a,b   Tuncel, A Almila ^a   Erkilic, Suna ^a   Zer, Yasemin ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acremonium strictum; Cryotherapy; Hyalohyphomycosis; Itraconazole; Topical 5 imiquimod cream

Indexed keywords

AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; IMIQUIMOD; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ACREMONIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACREMONIUM; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AMINOQUINOLINES; DERMATOMYCOSES; EMOLLIENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS;

ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; BEAUVERIA; CEPHALOSPORIUM; FUSARIUM; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HYPHOMYCETES; PAECILOMYCES; PENICILLIUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS;

EID: 21144454159     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-005-5260-z     Document Type: Article

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