Prevalence of aspergillus species in clinical samples isolated in an indian tertiary care hospital

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 513-519

  Xess, Immaculata ^a   Mohanty, Srujana ^a   Jain, Neena ^a   Banerjee, Uma ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus species; Clinical samples; Fungemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE POLYP; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 12744278490     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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