Sporotrichosis in Uttarakhand (India): A report of nine cases

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-371

  Agarwal, Saurabh ^a   Gopal, Krishna ^a   Umesh, ^a   Kumar, Binay ^a  

^a Uttarakhand Forest Hospital Trust Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRANULOMATOUS SKIN DISEASE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INDIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PLASMA CELL; PREGNANCY; SKIN INJURY; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PREGNANCY; SKIN; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 41749084185     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03538.x     Document Type: Article

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