Cutaneous sporotrichosis: A six-year review of 19 cases in a tertiary referral center in Malaysia

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 702-708

  Tang, Min Moon ^a   Tang, Jyh Jong ^a   Gill, Priya ^a   Chang, Choong Chor ^a   Baba, Roshidah ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BITE; CAT BITE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS SPOROTRICHOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISSEMINATED CUTANEOUS SPOROTRICHOSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRANULOMATOUS SKIN DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCUTANEOUS SPOROTRICHOSIS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INJURY; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 84861309680     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05229.x     Document Type: Article

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