Hepatic mucormycosis in a bone marrow transplant recipient who ingested naturopathic medicine

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 521-524

  Raleigh, A Bowden ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEPATITIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOR; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 19244364890     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.3.521     Document Type: Article

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