Primary cutaneous mucormycosis: Guide to surgical management

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 385-390

  Losee, Joseph E ^a   Selber, Jesse ^a   Vega, Stephen ^a   Hall, Caroline ^a   Scott, Glynis ^a   Serletti, Joseph M ^a  

^a Division of Plastic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DICLOXACILLIN; TIOGUANINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036789355     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200210000-00009     Document Type: Article

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