Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala equina, with susceptibility to eight antifungal drugs

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART5, 2013, Pages 797-800

  Najafzadeh, Mohammad Javad ^a   Suh, Moo Kyu ^b   Lee, Myung Hoon ^b   Ha, Gyoung Yim ^b   Kim, Jung Ran ^c   Kim, Tae Heung ^d   Lee, Hyo Jin ^e   Choi, Jong Soo ^a   Meis, Jacques F ^f   De Hoog, G Sybren ^g,h,i  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d White Skin Clinic   (South Korea)

^e Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁱ PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA TUBULIN; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; EOSIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HEMATOXYLIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ISAVUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BROTH DILUTION; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHEMA; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA EQUINA; FEMALE; FOREARM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOCULATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREE;

EID: 84876512405     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.057406-0     Document Type: Article

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