Sporothrix schenckii and Sporotrichosis

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-308

  Lopes Bezerra, Leila M ^a   Schubach, Armando ^b   Costa, Rosane O ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigens; Cell wall; Diagnosis; Drugs; Epidemiology; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 33646775274     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 00013765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652006000200009     Document Type: Article

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