Occurrence of Scopulariopsis and Scedosporium in nails and keratinous skin. A 5-year retrospective multi-center study

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-209

  Issakainen, Jouni ^a   Heikkilä, Hannele ^b   Vainio, Eeva ^c   Koukila Kähkölä, Pirkko ^b   Castren, Mirja ^b   Liimatainen, Oili ^d   Ojanen, Tarja ^e   Koskela, Markku ^f   Meurman, Olli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^e KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nails; Scedosporium; Scopulariopsis; Skin

Indexed keywords

AMOROLFINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; TIOCONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCOMYCOTA; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MICROASCACEAE; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS;

EID: 34248163470     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780601103080     Document Type: Article

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