First U.S. report of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Veronaea botryosa in a heart transplant recipient and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2843-2846

  Sutton, D A ^a,d   Rinaldi, M G ^a,b   Kielhofner, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENOMYL; CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; GLIMEPIRIDE; ISONIAZID; ISRADIPINE; ITRACONAZOLE; METHENAMINE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PRAVASTATIN; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; TUBERCULIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERONAEA BOTRYOSA;

DERMATOMYCOSES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

FUNGI;

EID: 2942536245     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2843-2846.2004     Document Type: Article

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