Concurrent subcutaneous and visceral basidiobolomycosis in a renal transplant patient

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-372

  Choonhakarn, C ^a   Inthraburan, K ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; BASIDIOBOLUS; BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; LYMPH NODE; MYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; UTERUS;

EDEMA; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 3242757467     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01533.x     Document Type: Article

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