Successful Treatment of Entomophthoromycosis with Itraconazole

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-166

  Kabra, S K ^a   Jain, Y ^a   Sudhin, T ^a   Iyer, K V ^a   Ninan, Sunil A ^a   Seth, V ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENTOMOPHTHOROMYCOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENTOMOPHTHORA; FOLLOW UP;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENTOMOPHTHORA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MYCOSES;

EID: 0031596211     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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