Bilateral allergic fungal rhinosinusitis caused by Schizophillum commune and Aspergillus niger. A case report

Rhinology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-221

  Ahmed, Mohamed Khalifa ^a,b   Ishino, Takashi ^a   Takeno, Sachio ^a   Hirakawa, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis; Antifungul treatment; Aspergillus sp.; Basidiomycetous fungi; Schizophillum commune

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASIDIOMYCETES; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RHINITIS; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68149091420     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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