Systemic phaeohyphomycosis resembling primary sclerosing cholangitis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1243-1246

  Oztas, Erkin ^a   Odemis, Bulent ^a   Kekilli, Murat ^a   Kurt, Mevlut ^a   Dinc, Bedia Mert ^a   Parlak, Erkan ^a   Kalkanci, Ayse ^b   Sasmaz, Nurgul ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXOPHIALA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049093846     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.008706-0     Document Type: Article

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