Successful treatment of periodontal mucormycosis: report of a case and literature review

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  McDermott, Nancy E ^a   Barrett, John ^b   Hipp, Jason ^c   Merino, Maria J ^c   Richard Lee, Chyi Chia ^c   Waterman, Paige ^d   Domingo, Demetrio L ^a   Walsh, Thomas J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTIUM; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77249142910     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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