Fixed sporotrichosis as a cause of a chronic ulcer on the knee

International Wound Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-66

  Roldán Marín, Rodrigo ^a   Contreras Ruiz, José ^a   Arenas, Roberto ^a   Vazquez Del Mercado, Elsa ^a   Toussaint Caire, Sonia ^a   Vega Memije, María Elisa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chronic wound; Potassium iodide; Skin ulcer; Sporotrichin skin test; Sporotrichosis; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NANOCRYSTAL; POTASSIUM IODIDE; POVIDONE IODINE; SILVER; SPOROTRICHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC WOUND; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; KNEE ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN TEST; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCER; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 61849118625     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2008.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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