Disseminated fusarium infection in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia;Fusariosis diseminada en paciente con leucemia mieloblástica aguda

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 118-121

  Córdoba Guijarro, Susana ^a,b   Acevedo Barberá, Agustin ^a   Serrano Pardo, Rosario ^a   Ruiz Rodríguez, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Dermatología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fungus; Fusarium; Immunocompromised patient; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038893877     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-7310(02)79217-x     Document Type: Article

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