Surgical management of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in pediatric patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 949-951

  Al Shanafey, Saud ^a   Alrobean, Faten ^a   Hussain, Ibrahim Bin ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fungal infection; Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CONTROL; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER RESECTION; LONG TERM CARE; LOOSE FECES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 84861175877     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.01.053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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