Post operative abdominal wall mucormycosis mimicking as bacterial necrotising fasciitis [3]

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-188

  Prasad, R M ^a   Bose, S M ^a   Vaiphei, K ^a   Verma, G R ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUCORMYCOSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUCORMYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0041629013     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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