Use of intralesional voriconazole for the treatment of cutaneous scedosporium apiospermum infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-257

  Azofra, Mariola Moreno ^a   Somovilla, José Luis Peña ^b   Porras, Miguel Carrascosa ^c   Carrillo, Laura Hurtado ^a   Pé rez, Rafael Daroca ^b  

^a Unidad de Enfermeria Urologica Hospital Santiago Apostol Miranda de Ebro Burgos Espana   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LAREDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE; RIBOSOME RNA; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; DERMATOMYCOSES; HAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCEDOSPORIUM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; PYRIMIDINES; SCEDOSPORIUM; TRIAZOLES; VORICONAZOLE;

EID: 77954796373     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653683     Document Type: Letter

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