Trichosporon inkin Esophagitis: An Uncommon Disease in a Patient with Pulmonary Cancer

Mycopathologia

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 279-283

  Macêdo, Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira ^a   de Oliveira, Neiva Tinti ^a   da Silva, Vanessa Karina Alves ^a   de Almeida Farias, Aline Mary ^a   de Lima Neto, Reginaldo Gonçalves ^a   Wilheim, Ana Botler ^b   de Oliveira, Patrícia Cariolano ^a   Pedi, Nadyr ^a   de Andrade, Suanni Lemos ^a   Neves, Rejane Pereira ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Universitario Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal profile; Diagnosis; Esophagitis; Immunocompromised; Trichosporon inkin

Indexed keywords

TRICHOSPORON INKIN;

EID: 79952923903     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9367-5     Document Type: Article

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