Blastomycosis in man after kinkajou bite

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-270

  Harris, Julie R ^a   Blaney, David D ^a   Lindsley, Mark D ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^a   Paddock, Christopher D ^a   Drew, Clifton P ^a   Johnson, April J ^b   Landau, Douglas ^c   Vanderbush, Joel ^d   Baker, Robert ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Animalia Inc   (United States)

^e Podiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ITRACONAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BITE; BITE WOUND; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE REPORT; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; LIMB SWELLING; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PROCYONIDAE; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROCYONIDAE; SKIN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79551617212     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1702.101046     Document Type: Article

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