Zygomycosis involving lungs, heart and brain, superimposed on pulmonary edema

Pathology International

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 202-205

  Tomita, Tatsuo ^a,b   Ho, Hoy ^a   Allen, Mariano ^a   Diaz, Jesus ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarct; Diabetes; Pericarditis; Pulmonary edema; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IRON OVERLOAD; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

AGED; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MYCELIUM; PERICARDIUM; PULMONARY EDEMA; ZYGOMYCOSIS; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 18744410972     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2005.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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