Nosocomial invasive infection caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae: Case report

Mycopathologia

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-35

  Passos, Xisto Sena ^a   Sales, Werther Souza ^b   MacIel, Patrícia Jackeline ^b   Costa, Carolina Rodrigues ^b   Ferreira, Denise Milioli ^b   Do Silva, Maria Rosário Rodrigues ^b  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cunninghamella bertholletiae; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; CUNNINGHAMELLA; FATALITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS;

CROSS INFECTION; CUNNINGHAMELLA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS;

CUNNINGHAMELLA; CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETIAE; FUNGI;

EID: 29944443507     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-005-0068-4     Document Type: Article

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