Subcutaneous zygomycosis: Report of 10 cases from two institutions in North India

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1220-1225

  Ramesh, V ^a   Ramam, M ^a   Capoor, M R ^a   Sugandhan, S ^a   Dhawan, J ^a   Khanna, G ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Basidiobolus ranarum; itraconazole; ketoconazole; potassium iodide; subcutaneous zygomycosis; Syncephalastrum racemosum

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASIDIOBOLUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARANASAL SINUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYNCEPHALASTRUM RACEMOSUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORALES; POTASSIUM IODIDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 77956329190     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03606.x     Document Type: Article

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