Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Veronaea botryosa observed as sclerotic cells in tissue

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 625-627

  Kondo, Yukiko ^a,b,c   Hiruma, Masataro ^a,b,c   Matsushita, Akiko ^a,b,c   Matsuba, Shoichi ^a,b,c   Nishimura, Kazuko ^a,b,c   Takamori, Kenji ^a,b,c  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; COLECALCIFEROL DERIVATIVE; LIVER ENZYME; STEROID;

AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONIDIUM; ERYTHEMA; EXCISION; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEPATITIS C; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; JAPANESE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROSCOPY; MOULD; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INDURATION; THROMBOCYTOSIS; WOUND HEALING; WRIST;

AGED; ASCOMYCOTA; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WRIST;

EID: 34250377311     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.02950.x     Document Type: Article

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