Candidal mycetoma in the neonatal kidney

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1126-1129

  Benjamin, Daniel K ^a,b   Fisher, Randall G ^a   McKinney Jr , Ross E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphotericin; Candida; Fungal ball; Kidney; Neonate; Platelets; Renal mycetomata; Sepsis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INFECTION; MYCETOMA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0345534723     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.5.1126     Document Type: Article

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