Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Phaeoacremonium inflatipes
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Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Phaeoacremonium inflatipes.
Phaeoacremonium inflatipes, one of three species previously classified as strains of Phialophora parasitica, was identified as the causal agent of a subcutaneous infection of the left foot of an 83-year-old woman from South Carolina. The patient had a granulomatous growth over the anteromedial aspect of her left foot. It was surgically excised, which led to complete healing without complication...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2763-2765.1998