Disseminated Scopulariopsis-culture is required to distinguish from other disseminated mould infections

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 687-691

  Swick, Brian L ^a   Reddy, Sindhura C ^a   Friedrichs, Amanda ^b   Stone, Mary Seabury ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Northern Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FATALITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ASCOMYCOTA; DERMATOMYCOSES; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77950794703     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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