Overview of opportunistic fungal infections in India

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-172

  Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a   Chatterjee, Shiv Sekhar ^a   Shivaprakash, M R ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Endemic mycoses; India; Opportunistic mycoses; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDA ENDOCARDITIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDEMIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; LABORATORY TEST; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS;

HUMANS; INDIA; MYCOSES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

APOPHYSOMYCES ELEGANS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI;

EID: 49449085289     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.49.165     Document Type: Review

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