Zygomycosis - A case report and overview of the disease in India

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-254

  Diwakar, Amit ^a   Dewan, R K ^b   Chowdhary, Anuradha ^a   Randhawa, H S ^a   Khanna, Geetika ^c   Gaur, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Diabetes; India; Overview; Pulmonary; Surgery; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPHOTERICIN B; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHIZOPUS; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ABSIDIA CORYMBIFERA; APOPHYSOMYCES ELEGANS; BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; CONIDIOBOLUS CORONATUS; CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETIAE; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SAKSENAEA VASIFORMIS;

EID: 34250373329     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01382.x     Document Type: Review

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