Scedosporium apiospermum rhinosinusal infection in an immunocompetent host;Infección rinosinusal por Scedosporium apiospermum en un hospedero inmunocompetente

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 453-456

  Chanqueo C , Leonardo ^a   Gutiérrez R , Catalina ^b   Tapia P , Cecilia ^a,b   Silva V , Víctor ^c   Razeto W , Leopoldo ^a   Misad S , Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Paranasal fungus balls; Scedosporium apiospermum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; RHINITIS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SINUSITIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; RHINITIS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SINUSITIS;

EID: 70350716410     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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