Primary subcutaneous mucormycosis (Zygomycosis): A case report

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-58

  Vadmal, Manjunath S ^a   Chung, Kun Young ^b   Hajdu, Steven I ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Mount Vernon Hospital USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FOREIGN BODY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION;

AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEG; MALE; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; RECURRENCE;

FUNGI; MUCOR;

EID: 0032999267     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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