Treatment of protothecosis with voriconazole

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Dalmau, Joan ^a   Pimentel, Carmen L ^a   Alegre, Marta ^a   Sanchez, Ferran ^b   Gurgui, Mercè ^c   Roé, Esther ^a   Alomar, Agustín ^a  

^a Hospital Sta Creu i St Pau   (Spain)

^b Microbiology   (Australia)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; TETRACYCLINE; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLORELLA; ERYTHEMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEG; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PRURITUS;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; PROTOTHECA; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 33749659331     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.12.020     Document Type: Article

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