Skull base fungal osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent host

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-78

  Shelton, John C ^a,b   Antonelli, Patrick J ^a,b   Hackett, Raymond ^a,b  

^a University of Florida ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE EROSION; BONE INFECTION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEBRIDEMENT; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EDEMA; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTORRHEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKULL DISEASE; TEMPORAL BONE; TUBERCULIN TEST; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUDITORY CANAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EAR CANAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; SKULL BASE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036369767     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.120699     Document Type: Article

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