Histopathology of cutaneous sporotrichosis in Rio de Janeiro: A series of 119 consecutive cases

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-32

  Quintella, Leonardo Pereira ^a   Lambert Passos, Sonia Regina ^a   Francesconi Do Vale, Antônio Carlos ^a   Gutierrez Galhardo, Maria Clara ^a   De Lima Barros, Monica Bastos ^a   Cuzzi, Tullia ^a   Dos Santos Reis, Rosani ^a   Figueiredo De Carvalho, Maria Helena Galdino ^a   Zappa, Mônica Barbato ^b   De Oliveira Schubach, Armando ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SKIN; SPOROTRICHOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649643399     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2010.01626.x     Document Type: Article

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