Cutaneous Infection Caused by Ulocladium chartarum in a Heart Transplant Recipient: Case Report and Review
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Cutaneous infection caused by Ulocladium chartarum in a heart transplant recipient: case report and review.
A cutaneous mycoses caused by Ulocladium chartarum in a heart transplant recipient is reported. The infection cleared after complete surgical excision and 6 months of oral itraconazole therapy. In vitro activity of amphotericin B, fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, ravuconazole and terbinafine against the clinical isolate is shown.
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Dermato-Venereologica
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0001-5555
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310007256