The First Case of Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Rhinocladiella basitona in an Immunocompetent Child in China

Mycopathologia

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 101-105

  Cai, Qing ^a   Lv, Gui Xia ^a   Jiang, Yi Qun ^a   Mei, Huan ^a   Hu, Su Quan ^a   Xu, Hong Bin ^a   Wu, Xin Feng ^a   Shen, Yong Nian ^a   Liu, Wei Da ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Geniculosporium; Phaeohyphomycosis; Rhinocladiella basitona; Subcutaneous infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; ITRACONAZOLE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; TERBINAFINE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FACE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHILD; CHINA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHALENES; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GENICULOSPORIUM; RHINOCLADIELLA;

EID: 84881025696     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-013-9645-0     Document Type: Article

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