Rare Arthroconidial Fungi in Clinical Samples: Scytalidium cuboideum and Arthropsis hispanica

Mycopathologia

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 115-121

  Giraldo, Alejandra ^a   Sutton, Deanna A ^b   Gené, Josepa ^a   Fothergill, Annette W ^b   Cano, Josep ^a   Guarro, Josep ^a  

^a FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropsis hispanica; Clinical specimens; DNA analysis; Morphological identification; Scytalidium cuboideum

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; SCYTALIDIUM;

EID: 84872779720     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-012-9590-3     Document Type: Article

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