Disseminated subcutaneous nodules caused by Pseudallescheria boydii in an atopic patient

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-291

  Enshaieh, S H ^a   Darougheh, A ^a   Asilian, A ^a   Iraji, F ^a   Shahmoradi, Z ^a   Yoosephi, A ^a   Davami, M ^a   Siadat, A H ^a   Vaez, A ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; CLONAZEPAM; EMOLLIENT AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; PARAKERATOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INCISION; STROKE; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HMGB1 PROTEIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; ITRACONAZOLE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MADUROMYCOSIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 33644777618     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02546.x     Document Type: Article

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