Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in renal allograft recipients: Report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-180

  Vermeire, Sylvie E M ^a   de Jonge, Hylke ^a   Lagrou, Katrien ^a   Kuypers, Dirk R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Azole antifungals; Curvularia; Drug drug interaction; Kidney transplantation; Phaeohyphomycosis; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CURVULARIA; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SURGERY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; AZOLES; DERMATOMYCOSES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 77956569150     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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