Spontaneously resolving pulmonary mucormycosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1335-1336

  Mendoza Ayala, Raul ^a   Tapia, Raul ^b   Salathe, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 0033503138     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313472     Document Type: Article

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