Pythium insidiosum: Report of the first case of human infection in Brazil

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 483-485

  Marques, Silvio Alencar ^a   Bagagli, Eduardo ^a   Bosco, Sandra M G ^a   Camargo, Rosangela M P ^a   Marques, Mariangela E A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Humans; Pythium; Skin ulcer

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; PYTHIUM;

EID: 34248669280     PISSN: 03650596     EISSN: 18064841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0365-05962006000500012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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