Pancreatic fungal infection

Pancreas

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-138

  Shanmugam, Nirmala ^a   Isenmann, Rainer ^b   Barkin, Jamie S ^a,c   Beger, Hans G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Necrotizing pancreatitis; Pancreatic fungal infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; COLISTIN; FLUCONAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042093668     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200308000-00005     Document Type: Review

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