Predictors of mortality in rhinocerebral mycosis

Neurology India

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-297

  Jayalakshmi, Sita ^a   Reddy, Ramana ^a   Borgohain, Rupam ^a   Subramanyam, C ^b   Panigrahi, Manas ^a   Sundaram, C ^a   Meena, A ^a   Mohandas, S ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Govt ENT Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Intracranial extension; Mortality; Rhinocerebral mycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCYTOSINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 35048864298     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.35692     Document Type: Article

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