Influence of zinc oxide on Aspergillus species: A possible cause of local, non-invasive aspergillosis of the maxillary sinus

Mycoses

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 361-366

  Willinger, Birgit ^a   Beck Mannagetta, J ^b   Hirschl, A M ^a   Makristathis, A ^a   Rotter, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Landeskrankenhaus Salzburg ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

aspergillosis; Aspergillus; maxillary sinus; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ZINC OXIDE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; MAXILLARY SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030461824     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00154.x     Document Type: Article

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