title: Are keloids and hypertrophic scars caused by fungal infection?
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Emi
authors: E
authors: Okada
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017439:Cicatrix, Hypertrophic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007627:Keloid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole
references: Al-Attar, A., Mess, S., Thomas, J. M., et al. Keloid pathogenesis and treatment. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 117: 286, 2006.
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