Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 390-393

  Onyango, J F ^a   Kayima, J K ^a   Owen, W O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYCOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOSE DISEASE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORBIT; ORBIT DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; RARE DISEASE; RHINOCEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS; SKULL; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036630042     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i7.8845     Document Type: Article

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