Mucor circinelloides was identified by molecular methods as a cause of primary cutaneous zygomycosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 636-639

  Iwen, Peter C ^a   Sigler, Lynne ^b   Noel, Rhonda K ^a   Freifeld, Alison G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; INSULIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHLAMYDOSPORE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCYTOPENIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES;

EID: 33847057261     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01907-06     Document Type: Article

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