Primary cutaneous mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host

Mycopathologia

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 197-199

  Tehmeena, Wani ^a,b   Hussain, Wajahat ^a   Zargar, Haroon R ^a   Sheikh, Abdul Rashid ^a   Iqbal, Shabir ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Broad aseptate hyphae; Cutaneous mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FUNGI; MUCOR;

EID: 34548555773     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9041-8     Document Type: Article

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