Successful treatment of extensive basidiobolomycosis with oral itraconazole in a child

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 572-575

  Mathew, Renu ^a   Kumaravel, S ^a,b   Kuruvilla, Sheela ^a   Varghese, Renu G'boy ^a   Shashikala, ^a   Srinivasan, S ^a   Mani, M Z ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLAMINE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; UREA;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; BASIDIOBOLUS; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUPUS VULGARIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; MUCORMYCOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER; THIGH; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 21844433966     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02419.x     Document Type: Article

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