Mycetoma caused by Exophiala jeanselmei. Report of a case successfully treated with itraconazole and review of the literature

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-59

  Severo, Luiz Carlos ^a   Oliveira, Flávio Mattos ^a   Vettorato, Gerson ^a   Londero, Alberto Thomaz ^b  

^a Laboratorio de Microbiologia Clinica   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exophiala jeanselmei; Itraconazole; Mycetoma

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMI; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCETOMA; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6544245075     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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