Mucormycosis - Early diagnosis and treatment

Revue de Laryngologie Otologie Rhinologie

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-131

  Guevara, N ^a,b   Roy, D ^a,b   Dutruc Rosset, C ^a,b   Santini, J ^a,b   Hofman, P ^a,b   Castillo, L ^a,b  

^a Surgery of the Face and Neck ^*

^b PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Endoscopic sinus surgery; Frozen section; Rhinocerebral mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCYTOSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE INFECTION; ORBIT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE DISEASES; ORBITAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4344639008     PISSN: 00351334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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