Orbital apex syndrome secondary to Pseudallescheria boydii fungal sinusitis in an immunocompetent patient

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 545-547

  Thiagalingam, Sureka ^a   Fernando, Glen T ^a   Tan, Kimberley ^a   O'Donnell, Brett A ^a   Weeks, Kerry ^a   Branley, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mycoses; Orbital apex syndrome; Paranasal sinus diseases; Pseudallescheria boydii; Scedosporium apiospermum

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCETOMA; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; ORBIT DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SINUSITIS; SPHENOID SINUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBITAL DISEASES; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SINUSITIS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8644249888     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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