Ulcerous lesions disclosing cutaneous infection with Fusarium solani

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 422-424

  Pérez Pérez, Lidia Comba ^a,b   Pereiro Jr , Manuel ^a   Sánchez Aguilar, Dolores ^a   Toribio, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cutaneous fusariosis; Fusarium; Hyalohyphomycoses; Immunocompromised host

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUTANEOUS FUSARIOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; ULCER; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FUSARIUM; LEG ULCER; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LEG ULCER; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; SKIN;

EID: 38449095504     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0276     Document Type: Article

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