Fungal agents as a cause of surgical wound infections: An overview of host factors

Wounds

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 218-222

  Kaya, Demet ^a   Aldirmaz Agartan, Canan ^b   Yucel, Muhterem ^b  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

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