Concomitant late soft tissue infections by Cladophialophora bantiana and Mycobacterium abscessus following tsunami injuries

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-192

  Petrini, Björn ^a   Farnebo, Filip ^a   Hedblad, Mari Anne ^a   Appelgren, Pia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cladophialophora bantiana; Late infection; Mycobacterium abscessus; Soft tissue; Tsunami; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GRANULOMATOUS SKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MOULD; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THAILAND;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CLARITHROMYCIN; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PYRIMIDINES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TRIAZOLES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CLADOPHIALOPHORA BANTIANA; FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS;

EID: 31344473931     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500294949     Document Type: Article

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