A nodulo-cystic eumycetoma caused by Pyrenochaeta romeroi in a renal transplant recipient: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mathuram Thiyagarajan, Umasankar ^a   Bagul, Atul ^a   Nicholson, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EUMYCETOMA; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNEE NODULAR LESION; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRENOCHAETA ROMEROI; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052848985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-460     Document Type: Article

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