Invasive chromoblastomycosis and sinusitis due to Phialophora verrucosa in a child from northern Africa

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 456-461

  Hofmann, H ^a   Choi, S M ^a   Wilsmann Theis, D ^a   Horre R ^a,b   De Hoog, G S ^c   Bieber, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES   (Germany)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black yeast; Chromoblastomycosis; Human infection; Phialophora verrucosa; rDNA Internal Transcribed Spacer

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPHOMYCETES; PHIALOPHORA VERRUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SYMPTOM; ARM; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FACE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

PHIALOPHORA VERRUCOSA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LIBYA; PHIALOPHORA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SINUSITIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33644694904     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2005.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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