Chromoblastomycosis caused by a meristematic mutant of Fonsecaea monophora

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-80

  Xi, Liyan ^a   Lu, Changming ^a   Sun, Jiufeng ^a   Li, Xiqing ^a   Liu, Honfang ^a   Zhang, Junmin ^a   Xie, Zhi ^a   Hoog, G S ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromoblastomycosis; Fonsecaea; Meristematic mutant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG RESPONSE; EXUDATE; FOLLOW UP; FONSECAEA; FONSECAEA MONOPHORA; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELAPSE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCOMYCOTA; CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HAND; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FONSECAEA; FONSECAEA MONOPHORA;

EID: 58149196260     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802322588     Document Type: Article

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