Treatment of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis and prospective follow-up of 17 kidney transplant recipients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 977-985

  Ogawa, Marília Marufuji ^a   Galante, Nelson Zocoler ^a   Godoy, Patrício ^a   Fischman Gompertz, Olga ^a   Martelli, Flavia ^a   Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes ^a   Tomimori, Jane ^a   Medina Pestana, José Osmar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

dematiaceous; dermatomycoses; immunosuppression; itraconazole; kidney transplantation; opportunistic infections; phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CREATININE; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 71549116103     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.03.037     Document Type: Article

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