Pyrenochaeta romeroi: A causative agent of phaeohyphomycotic cyst

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 842-846

  Khan, Ziauddin ^a   Ahmad, Suhail ^a   Kapila, Kusum ^a   Ramaswamy, Noorni V ^b   Alath, Preetha ^b   Joseph, Leena ^a   Chandy, Rachel ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; RIBOSOME DNA; VINCRISTINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRENOCHAETA ROMEROI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CYSTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

EID: 79957627560     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.029520-0     Document Type: Article

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