Sporotrichosis, Plain of Jars, Lao People's Democratic Republic [6]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1496-1497

  Newton, Paul N ^a,b   Chung, Wen Hung ^c   Phetsouvanh, Rattanaphone ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,b,d  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LAOS; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 23944471090     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1109.050240     Document Type: Letter

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