Gastrointestinal mucormycosis-four cases with different risk factors, involving different anatomical sites

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 139-143

  Lalwani, Shailendra ^a   Govindasamy, Mahendran ^a   Gupta, Manoj ^a   Siraj, Fouzia ^a   Varma, Vibha ^a   Mehta, Naimaish ^a   Kumaran, Vinay ^a   Mohan, Neelam ^a   Chopra, Prem ^a   Arora, Anil ^a   Agarwal, Shyam ^a   Soin, Arvinder ^a   Nundy, Samiran ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Alcoholic liver disease; Liver transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCORMYCOSIS; HEMATEMESIS; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH CANCER; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

EID: 84870291904     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 09750711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-012-0215-z     Document Type: Article

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