Primary cutaneous zygomycosis in an immunodeficient infant: A case report and review of the literature

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-436

  Song, Kyle R ^a   Wong, Michael S ^a   Yeung, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Opportunistic fungal infection; Rhizopus; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RHIZOPUS; SKIN INFECTION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TISSUE NECROSIS; VOMITING;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 41149108159     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181238df2     Document Type: Article

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