Neonatal colonic mucormycosis - A tropical perspective

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-59

  Alexander, Priya ^a   Alladi, Anand ^a   Correa, Marjorie ^a   D'Cruz, Ashley J ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEPSIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 15444373010     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmh077     Document Type: Article

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