Palatal zygomycosis: Experience of 21 cases

Oral Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 569-574

  Bonifaz, A ^a,b   Macias, B ^b   Paredes Farrera, F ^b   Arias, P ^b   Ponce, R M ^b   Araiza, J ^b  

^a Hospital General de México OD ^*  (Mexico)

^b Hospital General de México OD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ketoacidotic diabetes; Mucormycosis; Palatal; Rhinocerebral; Rhizopus; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOSE; PALATAL ZYGOMYCOSIS; PALATE ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; ULCER;

ABSIDIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ORAL ULCER; PALATE; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHIZOPUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 49749090137     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2007.01433.x     Document Type: Article

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