PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS OF THE MAXILLOETHMOID SINUS CAUSED BY DRECHSLERA SPICIFERA
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The first case of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Bipolaris spicifera in Northern China: A case report.
Phaeohyphomycosis (PHM) is a term used to describe any fungus presenting in tissues with pseudohyphae, hyphae, brown yeast-like cells or a combination of these forms. Sinusitis and skin infections are the most common presentation of subcutaneous PHM caused by the fungus Bipolaris spicifera. However, the majority of cases have so far been encountered in tropical climatic zones. The present study...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Laryngoscope
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0023-852X
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-198405000-00008