Prototheca Sepsis in a Lung Transplant Patient

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 183-184

  Kwok, Nu ^a   Schwartz, Stanley N ^b  

^a Saint Francis Hospital Tulsa   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

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EID: 0004434712     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0196-4399(96)84101-8     Document Type: Article

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