Invasive Scytalidium dimidiatum infection in an immunocompetent adult

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1259-1263

  Elinav, Hila ^a   Izhar, Uzi ^b   Benenson, Shmuel ^a   Admon, Dan ^a   Hidalgo Grass, Carlos ^a   Polacheck, Itzhack ^a   Korem, Maya ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCYTALIDIUM DIMIDIATUM; THORAX EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLEURISY; RNA GENE;

FUNGI; FUSICOCCUM DIMIDIATUM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PHYLOGENY; PLEURISY; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 65249170811     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01874-08     Document Type: Article

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