Fournier's gangrene caused by Candida species as the primary organism

Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-

  Johnin, Kazuyoshi ^a   Nakatoh, Masaki ^a   Kadowaki, Takashi ^a   Kushima, Mayumi ^a   Koizumi, Shuichi ^a   Okada, Yusaku ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTOSTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343081492     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(00)00527-6     Document Type: Article

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