Mucormycosis of the Upper Extremity in a Patient With Alcoholic Encephalopathy

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 384-388

  Raizman, Noah M ^a   Parisien, May ^a   Grafe, Michael W ^a   Gordon, Rachel J ^a   Rosenwasser, Melvin P ^a  

^a Trauma Training Center   (United States)

Author keywords

alcoholic; amputation; gangrene; infection upper extremity infection; Mucormycosis; zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DESMOPRESSIN; FLUCONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GANGRENE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS ARRHIZUS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TISSUE SECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; COMORBIDITY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MUCORMYCOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 33847360376     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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