Superficial cutaneous Trichosporon asahii infection in an immunocompetent host

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1428-1431

  Pulvirenti, Nella ^a,b   Dall'Oglio, Federica ^a,b   Greco, Anna M ^a,b   Oliveri, Salvatore ^a,b   Schwartz, Robert A ^a,b   Micali, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ITRACONAZOLE; TIOCONAZOLE;

ACANTHOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAPULE; PARAKERATOSIS; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPHAE; IMIDAZOLES; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOSES; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 33845308224     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02700.x     Document Type: Article

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