Seasonal variations in rhino-cerebral mucor infection

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 695-698

  Shpitzer, Thomas ^a   Keller, Nathan ^b   Wolf, Michael ^b,c   Goldschmied Reouven, Anna ^b   Bahar, Gideon ^a   Bahar, Irit ^a   Kronenberg, Jona ^b,c   Feinmesser, Raphael ^a   Talmi, Yoav P ^b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fungus; Hematologic malignancy; Mucormycosis; Season

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOCEREBRAL MUCOR INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 25144475862     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400907     Document Type: Article

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