Acanthamoeba: A rare primary cause of rhinosinusitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 7 I, 2002, Pages 1201-1203

  Rivera, Miguel A ^a   Padhya, Tapan A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; AIDS; Amebic infections; Amoebiasis; Cutaneous amoebiasis; Rhinosinusitis; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOSE CARCINOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0036304172     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200207000-00011     Document Type: Article

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