Invasive Mycoleptodiscus fungal cellulitis and myositis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 740-745

  Koo, Sophia ^a,b,c   Sutton, Deanna A ^d   Yeh, Wendy W ^a,b,c   Thompson, Elizabeth H ^d   Sigler, Lynne ^e   Shearer, Judy F ^f   Hofstra, Deborah E ^g   Wickes, Brian L ^d   Marty, Francisco M ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dematiaceous; Invasive fungal disease; Mycoleptodiscus; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BETA GLUCAN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ENOXAPARIN; GALACTOMANNAN; NARCOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANKLE PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FASCIOTOMY; FROZEN SECTION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMATOMA; HEPARINIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG EDEMA; LEG SWELLING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOULD; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYCOLEPTODISCUS INDICUS INFECTION; MYOSITIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ASCOMYCOTA; CELLULITIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DACARBAZINE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; MYOSITIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MYCOLEPTODISCUS;

EID: 84866501598     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.656717     Document Type: Article

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