Zygomycosis originating from an odontogenic infection in a pediatric oncology patient

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-94

  Adderson, Elisabeth E ^a   Rowland, Christopher ^a   McGregor, Lisa M ^a   Santana, Victor M ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental infection; Immunocompromised; Zygomycoses

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IFOSFAMIDE; POSACONAZOLE; TOPOTECAN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACE EDEMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; GINGIVA DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOCHLOREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TOOTH INFECTION; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; RHIZOPUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 77951498047     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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