Fungal infections in burns: Diagnosis and management

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Capoor, Malini R ^a   Sarabahi, Sujata ^a   Tiwari, Vinay Kumar ^a   Narayanan, Ravi Prakash ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Burns; fungal infections; moulds; yeasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957821795     PISSN: 09700358     EISSN: 1998376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.70718     Document Type: Review

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