Unique histological characteristics of Scedosporium that could aid in its identification: Case Report

Pathology International

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-136

  Kimura, Masatomo ^a   Maenishi, Osamu ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conidium; DNA sequence; Fungal infection; Histopathology; In situ hybridization; Scedosporium

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DNA; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MICAFUNGIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GANGRENE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEART; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG INFECTION; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREATITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS; SPLEEN;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MYCETOMA; SCEDOSPORIUM;

EID: 75649103878     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02491.x     Document Type: Article

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