Eumycetoma with Exophiala jeanselmei 27 years after a splinter

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 297-300

  Harshany, Mark L ^a   Schaefer, Richard A ^b   Polhemus, Mark E ^b   Wortmann, Glenn W ^b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCETOMA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIUM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG UPTAKE; EUMYCETOMA; EXCISION; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; INOCULATION; LABORATORY TEST; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544374912     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000138940.21544.79     Document Type: Review

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