Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: Therapy with amphotericin B lipid complex

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-339

  Strasser, Mark D ^a,b   Kennedy, Rebecca J ^a   Adam, Rodney D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DERIVATIVE; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0030043499     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.3.337     Document Type: Article

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