A rare complication of ear piercing: A case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Veronaea botryosa in China

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-302

  Sang, H ^a   Zheng, X E ^a   Kong, Q T ^a   Zhou, W Q ^a   He, W ^b   Lv, G X ^c   Shen, Y N ^c   Liu, W D ^c  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinqiao Hospital   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Phaeohyphomycosis; subcutaneous; treatment; Veronaea botryosa

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BIFCONAZOLE; COLECALCIFEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; POVIDONE IODINE; STEROID; TERBINAFINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY PIERCING; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; EAR INFECTION; EAR LOBE PIERCING; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL EXAMINATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOLOGY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INFECTION; STEROID THERAPY; SUBCUTANEOUS PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERONAEA BOTRYOSA; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BIOPSY; BODY PIERCING; CHINA; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

VERONAEA;

EID: 79952657148     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.513340     Document Type: Article

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