First Spanish case of onychomycosis caused by Chaetomium globosum

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-282

  Aspiroz, Carmen ^a   Gené, Josepa ^b   Rezusta, Antonio ^c   Charlez, Luis ^a   Summerbell, Richard C ^d  

^a HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chaetomium globosum; Onychomycosis; Spain; Toenail

Indexed keywords

TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG RESPONSE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NAIL DISEASE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SPAIN; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHAETOMIUM; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; SPAIN;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; FUNGI;

EID: 34248219088     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780601164280     Document Type: Article

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