Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycotic cyst caused by Pyrenochaeta romeroi

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 763-768

  Badali, H ^a,b,c   Chander, J ^d   Gulati, N ^d   Attri, A ^d   Chopra, R ^d   Najafzadeh, M J ^a,b   Chhabra, S ^d   Meis, J F G M ^e   De Hoog, G S ^a,b,f  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^e CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

in vitro antifungal susceptibility; ITS rDNA; Phaeohyphomycotic cyst; Pyrenochaeta romeroi; Subcutaneous infection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ISAVUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIAN; MICROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGY; MYCETOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PYRENOCHAETA ROMEROI; SKIN CYST; SUBCUTANEOUS PHAEOHYPHOMYCOTIC CYST; SWELLING; ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CYSTS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PATHOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

PYRENOCHAETA ROMEROI;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CYSTS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 77954804351     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693780903440383     Document Type: Article

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