Cutaneous zygomycosis due to Rhizopus oryzae in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Mycoses

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 521-523

  Sundararajan, Thangam ^a   Kumar, C P G ^a   Menon, T ^a   Rekha, K ^a   Venkatadesikalu, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Cutaneous infection; Rhizopus oryzae; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPARAGINASE; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; DOXORUBICIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; ECTHYMA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; RHIZOPUS; SKIN; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

FUNGI; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

EID: 12344262506     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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