First report of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Ochroconis tshawytschae in an immunocompetent patient

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 637-640

  Ge, Yi P ^a   Lv, Gui X ^a   Shen, Yong N ^a   Li, Min ^a   Deng, Shu W ^b   Hoog, Sybren De ^c   Samerpitak, Kittipan ^d   Liu, Wei D ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Melanized fungi; Ochroconis tshawytschae; Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; KETOCONAZOLE; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAETOTHYRIALES; CHINA; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHROCONIS TSHAWYTSCHAE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHEEK; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPLASIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCAR FORMATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN ULCER; SPECIES; STUDENT; SUBCUTANEOUS PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; TISSUE SECTION; TOPICAL TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

FUNGI; HUMICOLA; SCOLECOBASIDIUM TSHAWYTSCHAE;

EID: 84863966088     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.653834     Document Type: Article

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