Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient: A case report from extreme southern Italy

Mycopathologia

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-162

  Criseo, Giuseppe ^a   Malara, Giovanna ^b   Romeo, Orazio ^a   Puglisi Guerra, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Papardo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Itraconazole; Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis in Italy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITALY; ITRACONAZOLE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICILY; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 49249114364     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9121-4     Document Type: Article

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