Madura leg due to Exophiala jeanselmei successfully treated with surgery and itraconazole therapy

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 648-652

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a,b   Amr, Samir S ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dematiaceous fungi; Eumycetoma; Exophiala jeanselmei; Madura leg

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLAMINE; SILVER;

ABSCESS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; BONE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRAIN; EUMYCETOMA; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEALING; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG DISEASE; LEG INJURY; LIPOMA; LOWER LEG; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYCETOMA; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCAR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN NODULE; SOFT TISSUE; TENDON; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUBERCULID; WOOD;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; EXOPHIALA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITRACONAZOLE; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; SAUDI ARABIA;

EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI; FUNGI; PHIALOPHORA JEANSELMEI;

EID: 70849116067     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802669194     Document Type: Article

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