Molecular diagnosis of disseminated adiaspiromycosis due to emmonsia crescens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1269-1273

  Dot, J M ^a   Debourgogne, A ^b   Champigneulle, J ^b   Salles, Y ^a   Brizion, M ^b   Puyhardy, J M ^a   Collomb, J ^b   Plenat, F ^b   Machouart, M ^b  

^a Hopital d'Instruction des Armees Legouest   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA;

ADIASPIROMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMMONSIA CRESCENS; FEVER; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOSIS; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHRYSOSPORIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; LUNG MYCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EMMONSIA CRESCENS; FUNGI; RODENTIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHRYSOSPORIUM; DNA, FUNGAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 65249188699     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01885-08     Document Type: Article

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