Rhinomaxillary mucormycosis in a renal transplant recipient: Case report

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 605-608

  Azarpira, Negar ^a   Ashraf, Mohamd Javad ^b   Kazemi, Kourosh ^b   Khademi, Bighan ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fungal; Immunosuppression; Infection; Kidney; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CREATININE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE DISEASE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHINOMAXILLARY MUCORMYCOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MAXILLARY DISEASES; MUCORMYCOSIS; NOSE DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84871285374     PISSN: 13040855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6002/ect.2012.0006     Document Type: Article

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