A skin infection mimicking chromoblastomycosis by a Capnodialean fungus

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-85

  Campolina, Sabrina S ^a,b   Caligiorne, Rachel B ^a   Rezende Silva, Soraya ^c   Hahn, Rosane C ^c   De Hoog, G S ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO JÚLIO MÜLLER   (Brazil)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black yeasts; Capnodiales; Catenulostroma; Cutaneous mycosis; Extreme habitats; Itraconazole; Meristematic fungi; Rock fungi

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAPNODIALES; CASE REPORT; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASCOMYCOTA; CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

CAPNODIALES; CHAETOTHYRIALES; FUNGI; PSEUDOTAENIOLINA;

EID: 58149178635     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802546558     Document Type: Article

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