Identification problems with sterile fungi, illustrated by a keratitis due to a non-sporulating Chaetomium-like species

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-367

  Vinod Mootha, V ^a   Shahinpoor, P ^b   Sutton, Deanna A ^c   Xin, Lian ^d,i   Najafzadeh, M J ^e   De Hoog, G Sybren ^d,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^e MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^h SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chaetomium; Fungal keratitis; Papulaspora

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BACITRACIN PLUS POLYMYXIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; NATAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAETOMIUM; CORNEA ULCER; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; KERATOMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAECILOMYCES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHAETOMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORNEA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CHAETOMIUM; FUNGI; PAPULASPORA; THIELAVIA;

EID: 84859753360     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.611179     Document Type: Article

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