Rhinocerebral mucormycosis caused by apophysomyces elegans

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-292

  Brown, Sheldon R ^a   Shah, Ifat A ^a   Grinstead, Marie ^a  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PHYCOMYCETES; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; PHYCOMYCES; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032116052     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065898781389994     Document Type: Article

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