Primary cutaneous mucormycosis: A diagnosis to consider

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 258-262

  García Bustínduy, Marta ^a   Guimerá Martín Neda, Francisco ^a   Noda, Antonio ^a   Lecuona, María ^a   Sánchez González, Rosalba ^a   José, María ^a   De Mesa, González ^a   Sâez Rodriguez, Miguel ^a   Martín Malagón, Antonio ^a   García Montelongo, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Microbiology; Mucormycosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG ULCER; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 0032780013     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9959(99)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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