Trends in zygomycosis in children

Mycoses

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-356

  Prasad, Priya A ^a   Vaughan, Ana M ^b   Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Paediatrics; Voriconazole; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BURN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREND STUDY; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PYRIMIDINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAZOLES; UNITED STATES; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 84862243872     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02124.x     Document Type: Article

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