Cerebral zygomycosis

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 396-407

  Sundaram, C ^a   Mahadevan, A ^b   Laxmi, V ^a   Yasha, T C ^b   Santosh, V ^b   Murthy, J M K ^c   Purohit, A K ^a   Mohandas, S ^a   Shankar, S K ^b  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c CARE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Mucormycosis; Rhinocerebral; South India; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPIC CLIMATE; WASTE DISPOSAL; CHILD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RHIZOPUS;

AVES; MUCOR; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; RHIZOPUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 33644689397     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2005.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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