Successful medical management of renal zygomycosis: A summary of two cases and a review of the Indian literature

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1088-1095

  Marak, Rungmei S K ^a   Misra, Richa ^a   Ansari, M S ^a   Dixit, Ajai ^a   Poornima, ^a   Prasad, K N ^a   Dhole, T N ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

amphotericin B; Apophysomyces elegans; Mycocladus corymbifer; nephrectomy; zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG FORMULATION; DYSURIA; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PYURIA; RIGOR; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INDIA; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MUCORALES; MYCOLOGY; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ABSIDIA CORYMBIFERA; APOPHYSOMYCES ELEGANS;

EID: 78449243613     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693781003753477     Document Type: Article

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