Mycetoma of the scalp due to Microsporum canis: Hystopathologic, mycologic, and immunogenetic features in a 6-year-old girl

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-149

  Chiapello, Laura S ^a   Dib, Moisés D ^b   Nuncira, Carmen T ^b   Nardelli, Luciana ^b   Vullo, Carlos ^a   Collino, César ^a   Abiega, Claudio ^c   Cortes, Paulo R ^a   Spesso, María F ^a   Masih, Diana T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Pediátrico del Niño Jesús Ex Casa Cuna   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL PRIVADO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Microsporum canis; Mycetoma; Scalp

Indexed keywords

CICLOPIROX; COAL TAR; FLUCONAZOLE; GENOMIC DNA; GRISEOFULVIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; SALICYLIC ACID; TERBINAFINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MYCETOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCETOMA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCALP;

EID: 79955011036     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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