Disseminated zygomycosis due to Mycocladus corymbifera with cutaneous and cerebral involvement

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schofield, Clare ^a   Stern, Alexander ^a   Jevtic, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mucorales; mucormycosis; Mycocladus corymbifera; zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; DAUNORUBICIN; GENTAMICIN; METHOTREXATE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; RANITIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TIMENTIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DERMATOMYCOSIS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOCLADUS CORYMBIFERA; MYCOCLADUS CORYMBIFERA INFECTION; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; T CELL LEUKEMIA; VASCULITIS; WEAKNESS; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ABSIDIA; ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 84873409557     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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