Cutaneous infection by Alternaria infectoria in a renal transplant patient: Images in transplant infectious disease

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-332

  Segner, S ^a   Jouret, F ^b   Durant, J F ^c   Marot, L ^a   Kanaan, N ^d  

^a Division of Dermatology   (Belgium)

^b UZ Brussel   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternaria infection; Kidney transplantation; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOPROLOL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAMIPRIL; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPROTROPH; SKIN INFECTION;

AGED; ALTERNARIA; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 68849121917     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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