Zygomycosis in Qatar: A retrospective review of six cases

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 387-391

  Al Soub, H ^a   El Deeb, Y ^a   Almaslaman, I M ^a   Al Khuwaiter, J Y ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Mucormycosis; Phycomycosis; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PROGNOSIS; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION;

ADULT; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ORBITAL DISEASES; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 11144245616     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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