Femur osteomyelitis due to a mixed fungal infection in a previously healthy man

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1532-1535

  Cimerman, M ^a   Gunde Cimerman, N ^b   Zalar, P ^b   Perkovic, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CHALARA ELLISII; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMUR; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHALARA ELLISII; FUNGI;

EID: 0032894404     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1532-1535.1999     Document Type: Article

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