Systemic phaeohyphomycosis due to Exophiala (Wangiella) in an immunocompetent child

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 653-657

  Alabaz, Derya ^a   Kibar, Filiz ^a   Arikan, Sevtap ^b   Sancak, Banu ^b   Celik, Umit ^a   Aksaray, Necmi ^a   Turgut, Mehmet ^c  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ADANA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Exophiala dermatitidis; Immunocompetent; Liver granuloma; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; EOSIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; LIVER ENZYME; RIBOSOME DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY MASS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EPSILOMETER TEST; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GIEMSA STAIN; GRAM STAINING; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCUBATION TIME; JAUNDICE; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER HILUS; LIVER INJURY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MICROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NECK TUMOR; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUPPURATION; SWELLING; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; EXOPHIALA; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYPHAE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES;

EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 65649149243     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802715815     Document Type: Article

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