Infection due to Paecilomyces lilacinus: A challenging clinical identification

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1411-1413

  Saberhagen, Camilla ^b   Klotz, Stephen A ^a   Bartholomew, William ^b   Drews, Dennis ^b   Dixon, Anita ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; TIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPHOMYCETES; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYCOSIS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0031437616     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516136     Document Type: Article

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