Isolation of opportunistic fungi from bronchoalveolar lavage of compromised hosts in Isfahan, Iran

Mycopathologia

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-83

  Shadzi, Shahla ^a   Chadeganipour, Mostafa ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

compromised host; Iran; opportunistic fungi

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FUNGI; MUCOR; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; STREPTOMYCES SP.; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII;

EID: 0029758981     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00439117     Document Type: Article

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