Sinoorbital mucormycosis due to Apophysomyces elegans in immunocompetent individuals-an increasing trend

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 366-369

  Suryanarayan Rao, Sridhara ^a   Panda, Naresh K ^a   Pragache, Gilbert ^a   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a   Saravanan, K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOPHYSOMYCES ELEGANS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE INFECTION; ORBIT INFECTION; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE DISEASES; ORBITAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747807277     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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