Phaeohyphomycosis due to Alternaria infectoria: A single-center experience with utility of PCR for diagnosis and species identification

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 594-600

  Robert, Tiphaine ^a   Talarmin, Jean Philippe ^a   Leterrier, Marion ^a,b   Cassagnau, Elisabeth ^c   Pape, Patrice Le ^a,b   Danner Boucher, Isabelle ^d   Malard, Olivier ^e   Brocard, Anabelle ^a   Gay Andrieu, Françoise ^a,b   Miegeville, Michel ^a,b   Morio, Florent ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CHU de Nantes   (France)

^e Service d'Otorhinolaryngologie   (France)

Author keywords

Alternaria infectoria species complex; Azole antifungals; ITS rDNA sequencing; Molecular identification; Phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE; AGAR; AZACITIDINE; CYCLOSPORIN; EOSIN; GALACTOMANNAN; GLUCOSE; HEMATOXYLIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RIBOSOME DNA; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA INFECTORIA; ALTERNARIOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HALLUCINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RHINITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; FEVER; FIBROSIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCUBATION TIME; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MEDIASTINITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MOULD; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NASAL BIOPSY; NOSE MALFORMATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RELAPSE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEPSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN NODULE; SOMATOSTATIN CELL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; THORAX SURGERY; ULCER; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALTERNARIA; LEWIA INFECTORIA;

EID: 84863926480     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.663508     Document Type: Article

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