Disseminated aspergillus fumigatus infection: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 436-438

  Orem, J ^a,b   Mpanga, L ^a   Habyara, E ^a   Nambuya, A ^a   Aisu, T ^a   Wamukota, W ^a   Otim, M A ^a  

^a MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG MYCOSIS; SKIN ULCER; SPLEEN DISEASE;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; SKIN ULCER; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0032112411     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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