Two Cases of Subcutaneous Infection Due to Phaeoacremonium spp
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Two cases of subcutaneous infection due to Phaeoacremonium spp.
We describe two cases in Brazil of human subcutaneous infections due to Phaeoacremonium spp. The first case was caused by Phaeoacremonium aleophilum. The patient presented with a unique fistulized nodule on the left ankle. The fungus was detected by direct microscopic examination and was isolated repeatedly from material collected from the lesion. This is the first reported case of human infect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.3.1332-1336.2003