Eumycetoma caused by Diaporthe phaseolorum (Phomopsis phaseoli): A case report and a mini-review of Diaporthe/Phomopsis spp invasive infections in humans

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1492-1494

  Iriart, X ^a,b   Binois, R ^a,c   Fior, A ^a   Blanchet, D ^a   Berry, A ^b   Cassaing, S ^b   Amazan, E ^a   Papot, E ^a   Carme, B ^a   Aznar, C ^a   Couppie P ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Diaporthe; French Guiana; HTLV 1; Mycetoma; Osteomyelitis; Phomopsis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPORTHE PHASEOLORUM; EUMYCETOMA; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOREFOOT; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCETOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHOMOPSIS PHASEOLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

DIAPORTHE; DIAPORTHE PHASEOLORUM; FUNGI; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; PHOMOPSIS;

EID: 80053050413     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03568.x     Document Type: Article

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