First case of Arthrographis kalrae Ethmoid sinusitis and ophthalmitis in the People's Republic of China

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4828-4831

  Xi, Liyan ^a   Fukushima, Kazutaka ^b   Lu, Changming ^a   Takizawa, Kayoko ^b   Liao, Ruiduan ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DIALLYL TRISULFIDE; DNA; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROID;

ARTHROGRAPHIS KALRAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; EYE PAIN; FUNGUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANOPHTHALMITIS; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SYMPTOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ASCOMYCOTA; CHINA; ETHMOID SINUSITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANOPHTHALMITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARTHROGRAPHIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 5444220511     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4828-4831.2004     Document Type: Article

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