Trends in the postmortem epidemiology of invasive fungal infections at a University Hospital

Journal of Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-32

  Groll, A H ^a,b   Shah, P M ^a   Mentzel, C ^a   Schneider, M ^a   Just Nuebling, G ^a   Huebner, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029739907     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(96)92700-0     Document Type: Article

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