Monascus ruber: Invasive gastric infection caused by dried and salted fish consumption

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3800-3802

  Iriart, Xavier ^a,b   Fior, Angela ^b   Blanchet, Denis ^b   Berry, Antoine ^a   Neron, Paul ^b   Aznar, Christine ^b  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRENCH GUIANA; FUNGUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MONASCUS RUBER; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH INFECTION; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRENCH GUIANA; GASTRITIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MONASCUS; MYCOSES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

MONASCUS RUBER;

EID: 77957787241     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01000-10     Document Type: Article

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