Basidiobolomycosis of the nose and face: A case report and a mini-review of unusual cases of Basidiobolomycosis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-168

  Goyal, Arun ^a   Gupta, Neelima ^a,b   Das, Shukla ^a   Jain, Sarika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Basidiobolomycosis; Rhinoentomophthoromycosis; Subcutaneous zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; TERBINAFINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAPHTHALENES; NOSE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

BASIDIOBOLUS; BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77954539019     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9310-9     Document Type: Review

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