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Descriptor English:
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Phaeohyphomycosis
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Feohifomicosis
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Feoifomicose
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Synonyms English:
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Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycoses
Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis
Phaeohyphomycoses
Phaeohyphomycoses, Cutaneous
Phaeohyphomycoses, Subcutaneous
Phaeohyphomycosis, Cutaneous
Phaeohyphomycosis, Subcutaneous
Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycoses
Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis
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Tree Number:
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C01.150.703.726
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Definition English:
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OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS caused by the dematiaceous (darkly pigmented) MITOSPORIC FUNGI of ALTERNARIA, Bipolaris, CLADOSPORIUM, Curvularia, and EXOPHIALA. These fungi have pigmented HYPHAE due to MELANIN in the cell wall. The initial subcutaneous cyst from the infection can become systemic and spread rapidly to renal, pulmonary and cerebral systems (see CEREBRAL PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS) in an IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST. |
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History Note English:
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2012
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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54474
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Unique Identifier:
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D060446
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Similar:
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DeCS
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