Pythium aphanidermatum infection following combat trauma

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3710-3713

  Calvano, Tatjana P ^a   Blatz, Peter J ^b   Vento, Todd J ^a   Wickes, Brian L ^d   Sutton, Deanna A ^d   Thompson, Elizabeth H ^d   White, Christopher E ^c   Renz, Evan M ^c   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CREATINE KINASE; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOTOMY; FIBULA FRACTURE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOSIS; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM INFECTION; SEDATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STOMACH NECROSIS; STOMACH PERFORATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AFGHANISTAN; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGY; PYTHIOSIS; PYTHIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

FUNGI; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM;

EID: 80053517796     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01209-11     Document Type: Article

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