Combination antifungal therapy for invasive aspergillosis: can it replace high-risk surgery at the skull base?

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-30

  Panda, Naresh K ^a   Saravanan, Karuppiah ^a   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; ORBIT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIOPSY; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; SKULL BASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549048308     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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