Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis: What is the appropriate follow-up?

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 582-585

  Otto, Kristen J ^a   DelGaudio, John M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUCOR; MYCOSIS; ORBIT; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SKULL BASE; SUPERINFECTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845709591     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2006.20.2946     Document Type: Article

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