Pulmonary mucormycosis: The last 30 years

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1301-1309

  Lee, Francis Y W ^a   Mossad, Sherif B ^a   Adal, Karim A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B CHOLESTEROL SULFATE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FERROUS ION; INSULIN; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; TICARCILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 0033612523     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.12.1301     Document Type: Review

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