Disseminated dermatophytosis in a patient with hereditary hemochromatosis and hepatic cirrhosis: Case report and review of the literature

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 518-527

  Marconi, Vincent C ^a,c,d,e   Kradin, Richard ^b,e   Marty, Francisco M ^d,e   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a   Kotton, Camille N ^c,e  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Australia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatophytosis; Disseminated; Invasive; Tinea; Trichophyton

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PAPULE; PNEUMONIA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN NODULE; SKIN PRURITUS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ANIMALS; DERMATOMYCOSES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; TRICHOPHYTON;

TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 77950560318     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903213512     Document Type: Article

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