Acremonium strictum: Report of a Rare Emerging Agent of Cutaneous Hyalohyphomycosis with Review of Literatures

Mycopathologia

Volumn 176, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 435-441

  Sharma, Ajanta ^a   Hazarika, N K ^a   Barua, Purnima ^b   Shivaprakash, M R ^c   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^c  

^a GAUHATI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Jorhat Medical college   (India)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acremonium strictum; Cutaneous infection; Hyalohyphomycosis; India

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; FUNGI;

EID: 84888796915     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-013-9709-1     Document Type: Article

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