Clinical significance of filamentous basidiomycetes illustrated by isolates of the novel opportunist ceriporia lacerata from the human respiratory tract

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 585-590

  Chowdhary, Anuradha ^a   Agarwal, Kshitij ^a   Kathuria, Shallu ^a   Singh, Pradeep Kumar ^a   Roy, P ^a   Gaur, S N ^a   De Hoog, G S ^b   Meis, Jacques F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; IMIPENEM; ISAVUCONAZOLE; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BASIDIOMYCETES; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CERIPORIA LACERATA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS EMPYEMA;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPUTUM;

EID: 84873036843     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02943-12     Document Type: Article

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