Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in an adolescent with type 1 diabetes mellitus: Case report

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-300

  Ganesh, R ^a   Manikumar, S ^a   Vasanthi, T ^a  

^a KANCHI KAMAKOTI CHILDS TRUST HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INSULIN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT CELLULITIS; SINUSITIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ORBITAL CELLULITIS;

EID: 59949085380     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532808X375477     Document Type: Article

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