A rare case of nosocomial urinary tract infection due to Trichosporon asahii

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-320

  Kumar, Simit ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Maitreyi ^a   Mondal, Soma ^a   Pal, Nupur ^a  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCONAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; ANEMIA; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INDWELLING CATHETER; LETTER; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; TRICHOSPORONOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; YEAST CELL;

EID: 80051878790     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.83541     Document Type: Letter

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