Metarrhizium anisopliae as a cause of sinusitis in immunocompetent hosts

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 195-198

  Revankar, Sanjay G ^a,c   Sutton, Deanna A ^a   Sanche, Stephen E ^a   Rao, Jyothi ^b   Zervos, Marcus ^b   Dashti, Farnaz ^b   Rinaldi, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METARRHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; ZYGOMYCETES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARRHIZIUM; METARRHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0032946147     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.195-198.1999     Document Type: Article

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