Pediatric invasive sinonasal Scopulariopsis brevicaulis-A case report and literature review

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 891-893

  Gluck, Ofer ^a   Segal, Nili ^a   Yariv, Fruchtman ^a   Polacheck, Itzhack ^b   Puterman, Max ^a   Greenberg, David ^a   Daniel, Benharroch ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Immunocompromize; Scopulariopsis; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FUNGAL DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE INVASIVE FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; NASAL BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MYCOSES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 79957813379     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.03.026     Document Type: Review

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