Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Wallemia sebi in an immunocompetent host

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1129-1131

  Guarro, Josep ^a   Gugnani, Harish C ^b   Sood, Neelam ^c   Batra, Rashmi ^c   Mayayo, Emilio ^a   Gene, Josepa ^a   Kakkar, Shalini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS PHAEHYPHOMYCOSIS; WALLEMIA SEBI; X RAY;

ADULT; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

FUNGI; WALLEMIA SEBI;

EID: 40749100245     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01920-07     Document Type: Article

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