Soft-tissue fungal infections: Surgical management of 12 immunocompromised patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1391-1399

  Heinz, Tad ^a,b,c   Perfect, John ^a,b   Schell, Wylie ^a,b   Ritter, Edmond ^a,b   Ruff, Gregory ^a,b   Serafin, Donald ^a,b  

^a Duke University Medical Center ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030003313     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199606000-00011     Document Type: Article

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