A case of onychomycosis caused by Aspergillus candidus

Medical Mycology Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-48

  Ahmadi, Bahram ^a   Hashemi, Seyed Jamal ^a   Zaini, Farideh ^a   Shidfar, Mohammad Reza ^a   Moazeni, Maryam ^a   Mousavi, Bita ^b   Noorbakhsh, Fatemeh ^c   Gheramishoar, Mohsen ^a   Hossein pour, Leila ^a   Rezaie, Sassan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillus candidus; DNA sequencing; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; ITRACONAZOLE; NUCLEOTIDE; POSACONAZOLE; RNA 28S; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; BROTH DILUTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPSILOMETER TEST; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS;

EID: 84865325565     PISSN: 22117539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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