Bipolaris, exophiala, scedosporium, sporothrix, and other melanized fungi

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 2-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 1943-1961

  Guarro, Josep ^a   de Hoog, G Sybren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility; Bipolaris; Exophiala; Melanized fungi; Scedosporium; Sporothrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188873379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch122     Document Type: Chapter

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