Unusual causes of fungal rhinosinusitis: A study from a tertiary care centre in South India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 379-384

  Giri, S ^a   Kindo, A J ^b   Rao, S ^b   Kumar, A R ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acremonium; Cladosporium; fungal rhinosinusitis; itraconazole; Scedosporium

Indexed keywords

AGAR; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INOCULATION; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARANASAL SINUS; PENICILLIUM; PREVALENCE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCREENING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEMPERATURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FUNGI; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84885393567     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.118901     Document Type: Article

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