Pseudallescheriasis: A summary of patients from 1980-2003 in a tertiary care center

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1843-1846

  Jayamohan, Yasodah ^a   Ribes, Julie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MYCOSIS; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KENTUCKY; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MADUROMYCOSIS; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845454572     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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