Increased incidence of invasive fusariosis with cutaneous portal of entry, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1567-1572

  Nucci, Marcio ^a   Varon, Andrea G ^a   Garnica, Marcia ^a   Akiti, Tiyomi ^a   Barreiros, Gloria ^a   Trope, Beatriz Moritz ^a   Nouér, Simone A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; CORTICOSTEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; SUPERFICIAL MYCOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

BRAZIL; COMMUNITY; CUTANEOUS; ENVIRONMENTAL; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; IMMUNOCOMPETENT; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED; INVASIVE FUSARIOSIS; PORTAL OF ENTRY; SKIN; SPREAD; TRANSMISSION;

BRAZIL; DERMATOMYCOSES; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE;

EID: 84884240763     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1910.120847     Document Type: Article

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