Cutaneous alternariosis in a liver transplant recipient

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-109

  Vieira, Raquel ^a,b   Veloso, Júlio ^a   Afonso, Ana ^a   Rodrigues, Ana ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alternaria infectoria; Alternariosis; Cutaneous lesions; Liver transplant

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

LEWIA INFECTORIA;

EID: 33746523373     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(06)70025-0     Document Type: Article

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