Disseminated mucormycosis: Report of a successfully treated immunosuppressed child with clinical, radiographic and pathological findings

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-133

  Celgow, L ^a   Cohn, R J ^a   Sacks, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MUCORMYCOSIS; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 0030067001     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01372092     Document Type: Article

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