A fatal case of disseminated zygomycosis associated with the use of blood glucose self-monitoring equipment

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Hampson, Fay G ^a   Ridgway, E J ^a   Feeley, K ^a   Reilly, J T ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood glucose self monitoring; Cunninghamella bertholletiae; Desferrioxamine; Diabetes mellitus; Immunocompromised host; Mucormycosis; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; INSULIN; PENICILLIN G; PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUNNINGHAMELLA; CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETHIAE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYELODYSPLASIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERICARDITIS; SEIZURE; SELF MONITORING;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CUNNINGHAMELLA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

EID: 29444434285     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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