Acremonium kiliense infection in a child with chronic granulomatous disease

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 529-534

  Pastorino, Antonio Carlos ^a,b   De Menezes, Ulissis Pádua ^a   Marques, Heloisa Helena De Souza ^a   Vallada, Marcelo G ^a   Cappellozi, Vera Lúcia ^a   Carnide, Eugénia Maria Grilo ^a   Jacob, Cristina Miuki Abe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acremonium; Chronic granulomatous disease; Fungi; Immunodeficiency; Infancy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GAMMA INTERFERON; ITRACONAZOLE; OXACILLIN;

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFANT; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 31144457398     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 14138670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702005000600014     Document Type: Article

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