Three cases of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis by Exophiala jeanselmei

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-316

  Martínez González, M Covadonga ^a   Verea, M Magdalena ^a   Velasco, David ^a   Sacristán, Felipe ^a   Del Pozo, Jesús ^a   García Silva, Jesús ^a   Fonseca, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exophiala jeanselmei; Immunosuppressed patients; Opportunistic fungal infection; Phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABSCESS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATOMYCOSES; EXOPHIALA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SKIN;

EID: 44949263942     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2008.0395     Document Type: Article

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