Gastrointestinal mucormycosis in an infant

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 664-665

  Mohta, Anup ^a   Neogi, Sujoy ^a   Das, Swarup ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL RIGIDITY; ANOREXIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCORMYCOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOSTOMY; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE NECROSIS; LAPAROTOMY; LETHARGY; LETTER; LOOSE FECES; MALROTATION SYNDROME; MUCORMYCOSIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; VOLVULUS;

FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 80053931360     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.85149     Document Type: Letter

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