Orbitofascial conidiobolomycosis in a child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1130-1132

  Al Hajjar, Sami ^a   Perfect, John ^b   Hashem, Fuad ^a   Tufenkeji, Haysam ^a   Kayes, Susan ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conidiobolus incongruous; orbitofascial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOSIS; ORBIT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENTOMOPHTHORA; FACE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; ORBIT;

EID: 0030444718     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199612000-00018     Document Type: Article

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