Paecilomyces lilacinus causing debilitating sinusitis in an immunocompetent patient: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wong, Gentle ^a   Nash, Robert ^a   Barai, Kushal ^a   Rathod, Raksha ^a   Singh, Arvind ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; NONHUMAN; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SECRETION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PAECILOMYCOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RHINORRHEA; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863399019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-86     Document Type: Article

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