Lichtheimia corymbifera subcutaneous infection successfully treated with amphotericin B, early debridement, and vacuum-assisted closure

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Blazquez, Daniel ^a   Ruiz Contreras, Jesús ^a   Fernández Cooke, Elisa ^a   González Granado, Ignacio ^a   Delgado, Maria Dolores ^a   Menendez, Maria Teresa ^a   Rodriguez Gil, Yolanda ^a   Ballen, Aida ^a   Del Palacio, Amalia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absidia corymbifera; Amphotericin; Lichtheimia corymbifera; Mycocladus corymbifer; Vacuum assisted closure; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSIDIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEVER; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; LIVER HEMATOMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RIB FRACTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBCUTANEOUS INFECTION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSIDIA; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEG BONES; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 78649741835     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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