Soft-tissue infection with Absidia corymbifera and kidney complications in an AIDS patient

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 637-640

  Righi, E ^a   Giacomazzi, C G ^a   Bassetti, M ^a   Bisio, F ^a   Soro, O ^a   McDermott, J L ^a   Varnier, O E ^a   Ratto, S ^a   Viscoli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absidia corymbifera; AIDS; Liposomal Amphotericin B; Soft tissues; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; STAVUDINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ABSIDIA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPINE INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CULTURE; VIREMIA;

ABSIDIA; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMPHOTERICIN B; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEG INJURIES; MUCORMYCOSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

ABSIDIA CORYMBIFERA;

EID: 36549067358     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701435358     Document Type: Article

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