Invasive Trichophyton rubrum infection resembling blastomycosis in a patient with altered immune status during the course of chronic superficial Trichophyton rubrum infection [8]

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 452-453

  Akman, Ayse ^a   Savas, Berna ^b   Uguz, Aysen ^a   Ozhak, Betil ^a   Okcu Heper, Aylin ^b   Basaran, Erdal ^a   Alpsoy, Erkan ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRISEOFULVIN;

ADULT; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; LETTER; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTOSIS;

ADULT; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 34548761944     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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