An atypical case of fatal zygomycosis: Simultaneous cutaneous and laryngeal infection in a patient with a non-neutropenic solid prostatic tumor

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 152-155

  Johnson, Kristine E ^a,b   Leahy, Kevin ^a   Owens, Christopher ^a   Blankson, Joel N ^a   Merz, William G ^a   Goldstein, Bradley J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE DISEASE; PROSTATE CANCER; RHIZOPUS; TRACHEOTOMY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FATALITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX DISEASE; PROSTATE TUMOR; REVIEW;

AGED; DERMATOMYCOSES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 43549107915     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130808700311     Document Type: Article

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