Relapse of cutaneous Alternaria infectoria in a renal transplant recipient after 2 years [2]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-155

  Ara, Mariano ^a   Aspiroz, Carmen ^b   Zaballos, Pedro ^a   Alcalde, Victor ^a   Alvarez, Ramiro ^a   Rezusta, Antonio ^a   Giménez, Jose Antonio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EPIDERMIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SURGERY; STAINING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ALTERNARIA; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33745797277     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0013     Document Type: Letter

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