Recalcitrant chest wall Aspergillus Fumigatus osteomyelitis after coronary artery bypass grafting: Successful radical surgical and medical management

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1057-1059

  Elahi, Mohammed M ^a   Mitra, Amit ^a   Spears, Julia ^a   McClurken, James B ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL;

EID: 14244252321     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.09.119     Document Type: Article

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