Scedosporium apiospermum otomycosis

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 254-256

  Baumgartner, Brian J ^a   Rakita, Robert M ^b   Backous, Douglas D ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MASTOIDITIS; OTOMYCOSIS; OTORRHEA; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VIET NAM; WOUND CARE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MADUROMYCOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS; SCEDOSPORIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 34250873276     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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