Osteomyelitis of the base of the skull secondary to Aspergillus

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-22

  Kountakis, Stilianos E ^a   Kemper Jr , James V ^a   Chang, C Y Joseph ^a   DiMaio, Dominick J M ^a   Stiernberg, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CASE REPORT; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0031024846     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(97)90043-0     Document Type: Review

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