Delayed fungal infection following augmentation mammoplasty in an immunocompetent host

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-258

  Roger Tian, Ho Heng ^a   Tan, S M ^a   Tay, K H ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Augmentation mammoplasty; Fluconazole; Fungal infection; Mammoplasty complications; Saline implant; Trichosporon spp

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; EFFUSION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MORBIDITY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SWELLING; TRICHOSPORON; ULTRASOUND; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MYCOSES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 33947517601     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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