Zygomycosis caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae in a kidney transplant recipient

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-180

  Quinio, Dorothée ^a   Karam, A ^a   Leroy, J P ^a   Moal, M C ^a   Bourbigot, B ^a   Masure, O ^a   Sassolas, B ^a   Le Flohic, A M ^a  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cunninghamella bertholletiae; Cutaneous zygomycosis; Diabetes mellitus; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; INSULIN; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CUNNINGHAMELLA; CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETIAE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RECIPIENT; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

CUNNINGHAMELLA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETIAE; MUCORALES;

EID: 1842863483     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001644644     Document Type: Article

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