Invasive fungal sinusitis caused by Pseudallescheria boydii: Case report and literature review

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 729-737

  Bates, Dwight D ^a   Mims, J Whitman ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; MYCOSIS; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; SPHENOIDOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ASCOMYCETES; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCETOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOGENICITY;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MADUROMYCOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARANASAL SINUSES; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947679231     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130608501112     Document Type: Review

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