Rhinocerebral mucormycosis acquired after a short course of prednisone therapy

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 491-493

  Ferguson, Angela D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DILTIAZEM; FUROSEMIDE; GABAPENTIN; GLIMEPIRIDE; INSULIN; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; PIOGLITAZONE; PREDNISONE; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDEMA; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; MOUTH PAIN; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BIOPSY; THRUSH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MUCORMYCOSIS; PREDNISONE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 36849045277     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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