Pulmonary and rhinocerebral mucormycosis. Successful outcome with amphotericin B and griseofulvin therapy
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 137 (7) , 936-938
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.137.7.936
Abstract
An ominous prognosis is associated with combined pulmonary and rhinocerebral mucormycosis (phycomycosis). The case of diabetic patient with ketoacidosis who had extensive pulmonary and rhinocerebral mucormycosis that responded satisfactorily to amphotericin B and griseofulvin therapy is reported. The affected lung is completely atelectatic and has remained so for 12 mo. without evidence of necrosis or abscess formation.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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