An Opportunistic Fungal Consortium Causes Superficial Skin Mycosis: a Case Study
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Opportunistic fungal pathogens live in soil as saprobes. They become pathogenic when the immune system of the host is compromised or suppressed. Present investigation is a case study carried out on a 65 years old patient suffering from acute skin infection in the lower part of the leg. Fungal samples were isolated from the patient suffering from acute skin infection in the lower part of leg. All the fungal isolates isolated during the study had clinical significance.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015