Cutaneous infection caused by Curvularia species in an immunocompetent patient

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1374-1375

  Hiromoto, A ^a   Nagano, T ^a   Nishigori, C ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curvularia; Itraconazole; Phaeohyphomycoses; Terbinafine

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CURVULARIA; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SURGERY;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43749098732     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08528.x     Document Type: Letter

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