Severe Disseminated Phaeohyphomycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Caused by Veronaea botryosa

Mycopathologia

Volumn 175, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 497-503

  Bonifaz, Alexandro ^a   Mohammad Davoudi, Mehrnaz ^b,g   de Hoog, G S ^c   Padilla Desgarennes, Carmen ^d   Vázquez González, Denisse ^a   Navarrete, Gisela ^d   Meis, Jacques F ^e,f   Badali, Hamid ^b,g  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRO DERMATOLÓGICO DR LADISLAO DE LA PASCUA   (Mexico)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility; Black yeast; Disseminated infection; Phaeohyphomycosis; Posaconazole; Veronaea botryosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; POSACONAZOLE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PREGNANCY; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MEXICO; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; FUNGI; VERONAEA;

EID: 84878530057     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-013-9632-5     Document Type: Article

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