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. 2017 Jun 21;4(6):e005101.
doi: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.005101. eCollection 2017 Jun.

Cutaneous fungal infection in an immunocompromised host

David Sotello  1 , Mark Cappel  2 , Tamara Huff  1 , Diana Meza  3 , Salvador Alvarez  1 , Claudia R Libertin  1
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Cutaneous fungal infection in an immunocompromised host

David Sotello et al. JMM Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Purpureocillium lilacinum; ascending subcutaneous nodules; hyalohyphomycosis; voriconazole.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Right arm skin nodule biopsy. Gomori methenamine silver stain (×400), showing broad-based budding yeast (arrow) and with some hyphae (indicated by a circle).
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