Fungus balls as a cause of upper urinary tract obstruction in a newborn;Pilzbezoar als Ursache einer obstruktiven Uropathie bei einem Neugeborenen

Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 485-488

  Reinhardt, D ^a   Zappel, H ^a   Singer, S ^a   Harms, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; fungus bezoar; hydronephrosis; newborn

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCYTOSINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030912292     PISSN: 00269298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001120050146     Document Type: Article

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