Primary gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an immunocompetent person

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-213

  Shiva Prasad, B ^a   Shenoy, A ^a   Nataraj, K ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Gastric ulcer; Gastrointestinal mucormycosis; Immunocompetent

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLON ULCER; DIALYSIS; FUNGEMIA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUCORMYCOSIS; SEROLOGY; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 47549098825     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.41805     Document Type: Article

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