Identification, antifungal susceptibility and scanning electron microscopy of a keratinolytic strain of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: A primary causative agent of onychomycosis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 396-403

  Da Cunha, Marcel M L ^a   Dos Santos, Luana P B ^a   Dornelas Ribeiro, Marcos ^b,c   Vermelho, Alane B ^a   Rozental, Sonia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Biologia do Exército   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Estadual de Hematologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Keratinase; Onychomycosis; Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KERATIN; KERATINASE; TERBINAFINE; UREASE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RHODOTORULA; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 62149141246     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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