Disseminated zygomycosis heralded by a subtle cutaneous finding

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Hocker, Thomas Lewis ^a   Wada, David Akio ^a   Bridges, Alina ^a   El Azhary, Rokea ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; POSACONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUNCH BIOPSY; RHIZOMUCOR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TISSUE CULTURE; ZYGOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS;

DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; RHIZOMUCOR;

EID: 77958135911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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