Sporotrichosis (sporothrix schenckii infection) in the New South Wales mid-north coast, 2000-2010

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 588-590

  Sivagnanam, Shobini ^a   Bannan, Aiveen M ^b   Chen, Sharon C A ^a,c   Ralph, Anna P ^d  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PORT MACQUARIE BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 84861596899     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10755     Document Type: Article

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