Complicated soft tissue infection with prepatellar bursitis caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus in an immunocompetent host: Case report and review

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1559-1562

  Westenfeld, Fred ^a,b   Kemper Alston, W ^a   Winn, Washington C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CASE REPORT; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPHOMYCETES; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PATELLA; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 9344240398     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1559-1562.1996     Document Type: Article

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