Blastomycosis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 565-572

  López Martínez, Rubén ^a   Méndéz Tovar, Luis Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; TRIAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BONE INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMMONSIA PARVA; EPIDIDYMITIS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIMARY PULMONARY BLASTOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84867589648     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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