Successful topical therapy with voriconazole: Pseudallescheriasis after injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1295-1297

  Tammer, Ina ^a   Seibold, Michael ^b   Krause, Hardy ^b   Tintelnot, Kathrin ^b   König, Wolfgang ^b   König, Brigitte ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; DEXAMETHASONE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIMB FRACTURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FIBULA; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; PYRIMIDINES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 34248380505     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000195444.54418.9a     Document Type: Article

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