Disseminated mucormycosis in an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-130

  Fujii, Teruhisa ^a   Takata, Noboru ^a   Katsutani, Shinya ^b   Kimura, Akiro ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syandrome (AIDS); Autopsy; Immunodeficiency; Mucormycosis; Opportunistic infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; DOXORUBICIN; FANSIDAL; GLUCAN; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; QUININE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEG EDEMA; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIDE EFFECT; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0037288290     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.129     Document Type: Article

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