A four-year review of fatal aspergillosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-45

  Vogeser, M ^a   Haas, A ^a   Ruckdeschel, G ^a   Wanders, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; FATALITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032757172     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050224     Document Type: Article

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