Extensive Deep Dermatophytosis Cause by Trichophyton rubrum in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis and Chronic Renal Failure

Mycopathologia

Volumn 176, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 457-462

  Wu, Lung Chi ^a,b,c,f   Sun, Pei Lun ^d,e   Chang, Yun Ting ^a,f  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Deep; Dermatophytosis; Extensive; Liver cirrhosis; Trichophyton rubrum

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FATALITY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

BIOPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 84888826370     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-013-9696-2     Document Type: Article

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