Concurrent double infections of the skin: Phaeohyphomycosis and nocardiosis in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Takahara, Masakazu ^a,b   Imafuku, Shinichi ^a,b   Matsuda, Tetsuo ^b   Uenotsuchi, Takeshi ^b   Matsumoto, Tadahiko ^c   Padhye, Arvind A ^d   Furue, Masutaka ^b  

^a ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Toshiba General Hospital   (Japan)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXOPHIALA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INSECT BITE; LABORATORY; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DERMATOMYCOSES; EXOPHIALA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 26644449808     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.03.037     Document Type: Article

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