Sino-oral zygomycosis due to Absidia corymbifera in a patient with acute leukemia

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 475-478

  Mohammed, Shafiulla ^a   Sahoo, T P ^a   Jayshree, R S ^a   Bapsy, P P ^a   Hema, Sridhar ^a  

^a KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Absidia corymbifera; Leukemia; Neutropenia; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DAUNORUBICIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ABSIDIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; EYELID EDEMA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORAL BIOPSY; PALATE; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOOTH PAIN;

ABSIDIA; ADULT; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SPHENOID SINUSITIS;

ABSIDIA; ABSIDIA CORYMBIFERA; FUNGI; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 7444260904     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780412331298848     Document Type: Article

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