Rhizomucor variabilis infection in human cutaneous mucormycosis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-314

  Tomita, H ^a   Muroi, E ^a   Takenaka, M ^a   Nishimoto, K ^a   Kakeya, H ^b   Ohno, H ^a   Miyazaki, Y ^a,c   Utani, A ^a,c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Ekisaikai Nagasaki Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BLADDER CANCER; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHIZOMUCOR VARIABILIS INFECTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SURGERY;

AGED; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; RHIZOMUCOR;

EID: 79952794164     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2010.03956.x     Document Type: Letter

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