Invasive aspergillosis of the paranasal sinuses and orbit: Can you save the eye?

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 230-234

  Adler, Stephen C ^b   Isaacson, Glenn ^a   Sasaki, Clarence T ^b  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MALE; ORBIT INFECTION; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0030877551     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(97)90001-6     Document Type: Review

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