Infections due to dematiaceous fungi in organ transplant recipients: Case report and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-374

  Singh, Nina ^a   Chang, Feng Yee ^a,b   Gayowski, Timothy ^a   Marino, Ignazio R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGITIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 20644447337     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.3.369     Document Type: Article

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