Human and animal isolates of Pseudallescheria boydii and Scedosporium species, from Melbourne, Australia, 1977-1995

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 442-449

  Maslen, Mary ^a   Peel, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal mycoses; Human mycoses; Pseudallescheria boydii; Scedosporium species

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MASTITIS; METRITIS; MILK; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS; SCHOOL CHILD; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GOATS; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SCEDOSPORIUM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS;

EID: 80052786794     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2010.01875.x     Document Type: Article

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