Is there a need for autopsies in the management of fungal disease?

Mycoses

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-300

  Knoke, Manfred ^a   Bernhardt, Hannelore ^a   Schwesinger, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Fungal diseases; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TRAINING; TRICHOSPORON; VALIDITY; YEAST;

AUTOPSY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MYCOSES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 44849100807     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01486.x     Document Type: Review

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