Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii infection in three family members with kerion and tinea corporis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 539-544

  Zhang, Hao ^a   Ran, Yuping ^a   Liu, Yongfang ^b   Zhang, Ruifeng ^a   Lin, Xinyu ^a   Yan, Wei ^a   Dai, Yaling ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii; Itraconazole; Kerion; Ketoconazole; Terbinafine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSACCHARASE; ALPHA MANNOSIDASE; ARYL ACYLAMIDASE; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSACCHARASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; CYSTINE ARYLAMIDASE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTERASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LEUCINE ARYLAMIDASE; NAPHTHOL AS BIPHOSPHOHYDROLASE; PHOSPHATASE; POVIDONE IODINE; RIBOSOME DNA; TERBINAFINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRIATOP; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE; VALINE ARYLAMIDASE;

ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA VANBREUSEGHEMII; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TINEA CORPORIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; RABBITS; SCALP; TINEA; UREASE;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA VANBREUSEGHEMII; CRUCIATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 70749139919     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802644627     Document Type: Article

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