Trends in the postmortem epidemiology of invasive fungal infections at a university hospital

Journal of Infection

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Lehrnbecher, T ^a   Frank, C ^a   Engels, K ^a   Kriener, S ^a   Groll, A H ^b   Schwabe, D ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Autopsy; Candida; Cryptococcus; Invasive fungal infection; Zygomycetes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GERMANY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 77955658613     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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