Isolation of Sporothrix schenckii from the environmental sources of cutaneous sporotrichosis patients in Himachal Pradesh, India: Results of a pilot study

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 496-501

  Mehta, Karan Inder Singh ^a   Sharma, Nand Lal ^a   Kanga, Anil K ^a   Mahajan, Vikram K ^a   Ranjan, Nitin ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Corn stalk; Cutaneous sporotrichosis; Environmental sources; Soil; Sphagnum moss; Sporothrix schenckii

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPHAGNOPSIDA; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; ZEA MAYS;

BRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SPHAGNUM; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35348954794     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01411.x     Document Type: Article

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