Cutaneous mucormycosis in a young, immunocompetent girl

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 567-570

  Paes De Oliveira Neto, Manoel ^a   Da Silva, Manuela ^a   Cezar Fialho Monteiro, Paulo ^a   Lazera, Márcia ^a   De Almeida Paes, Rodrigo ^a   Beatriz Novellino, Anna ^b   Cuzzi, Tulia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Dermatologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Immunocompetent; Mucor hiemalis; Mucormycosis; Thigh lesion

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MUCOR; MUCOR HIEMALIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; THIGH;

MUCOR HIEMALIS;

EID: 33748630232     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780600622411     Document Type: Article

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