Unusual clinical presentation of sporotrichosis in three members of one family

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 434-438

  Falqueto, Aloisio ^a   Bravim Maifrede, Simone ^a   Araujo Ribeiro, Mariceli ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONIDIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; SOIL; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX BRASILIENSIS; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84858757749     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.5085.x     Document Type: Article

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