An unusual case of granulomatous lymphadenitis due to Prototheca zopfii var. portoricensis in an immunocompetent man in China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Qiangqiang ^a   Weng, Xinhua ^a   Li, Li ^a   Zhu, Liping ^a   Yu, Shunlei ^a   Chen, Shu ^a   Xiang, Yun ^b   Wan, Huiying ^b   Ran, Yuping ^b   Kang, Kefei ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Itraconazole; Prototheca zopfii var. portoricensis; Protothecosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; DNA 18S; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII PORTORICENSIS; PROTOTHECOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PROTOTHECA;

EID: 77957326908     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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