A case of primary localized cutaneous infection due to Fusarium oxysporum

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-46

  Romano, C ^a   Caposciutti, P ^a   Ghilardi, A ^a   Miracco, C ^a   Fimiani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fusarium; Hyalohyphomycete; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAND; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CULTURE MEDIA; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOMYCOSES; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HAND; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CHLAMYDOSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI;

EID: 77953476451     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9290-9     Document Type: Article

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