A case of sino-orbital infection caused by the Schizophyllum commune

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 376-377

  Sa, Ho Seok ^a   Ko, Kwan Soo ^b,c   Woo, Kyung In ^b   Peck, Kyong Ran ^b   Kim, Yoon Duck ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Asian Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetous fungi; Immunocompetent; Schizophyllum commune; Sino orbital infection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; GENOMIC DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MAXILLARY SINUS; ORBIT INFECTION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE INFECTION; SINOORBITAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HEAD; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863780068     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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