Pyomyositis with hepatic and perinephric abscesses caused by Candida albicans in a diabetic nephropathy patient

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 331, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 292-294

  Tsai, Shih Hung ^b   Peng, Yi Jen ^b   Wang, Ning Chi ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abscess; Candida albicans; Diabetes; Fluconazole; Pyomyositis

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PYOMYOSITIS;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER ABSCESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744462078     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200605000-00013     Document Type: Article

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