Fungal infections of the head and neck: An update

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 577-594

  Thrasher, Richard D ^a   Kingdom, Todd T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALUMINUM ACETATE SOLUTION; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; CRYSTAL VIOLET; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FLUOROURACIL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; PREDNISONE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; SODARIN; SULFADIAZINE; TERBINAFINE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ANEMIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANDIDIASIS; CHILL; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EAR INFECTION; EOSINOPHILIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS; EOSINOPHILIC MUCIN RHINOSINUSITIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEVER; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LARYNX DISORDER; MOUTH INFECTION; MYCETOMA; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PHARYNGITIS; RASH; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; THRUSH; VOMITING;

EID: 0042303889     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(03)00029-X     Document Type: Review

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