Acremonium kiliense: Reappraisal of its clinical significance

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2342-2347

  Khan, Ziauddin ^a   Al Obaid, Khaled ^b   Ahmad, Suhail ^a   Ghani, Amal Abdel ^b   Joseph, Leena ^a   Chandy, Rachel ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; GALACTOMANNAN; POSACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ACREMONIUM; ACREMONIUM KILIENSE; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACREMONIUM; AGED; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PERITONITIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACREMONIUM KILIENSE; FUNGI;

EID: 79957481345     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02278-10     Document Type: Article

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