Successful treatment of a case with rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis by the combination of neurosurgical intervention and the sequential use of amphotericin B and posaconazole

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Yoon, Young Kyung ^a   Kim, Min Ja ^a   Chung, Yong Gu ^a   Shin, Il Young ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Mucormycosis; Neurosurgery; Posaconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POSACONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE; NECROSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NOSE CAVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORBIT; ORBIT TUMOR; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RHINO ORBITAL CEREBRAL MUCORMYCOSIS; SINUSITIS; SKULL NECROSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL ACUITY; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 76749085159     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2010.47.1.74     Document Type: Article

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