Effect of using multiple culture media for the diagnosis of noninvasive fungal sinusitis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-45

  Collins, Melanie M ^a   Nair, Salil B ^a   Der Haroutian, Vanik ^b   Close, David ^a   Rees, Guy L ^a   Grove, David I ^b   Wormald, Peter John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ACREMONIUM; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CURVULARIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOR; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHIZOPUS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SINUSITIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRICHODERMA; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 15944364188     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240501900107     Document Type: Article

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