Cutaneous and wound aspergillosis

Aspergillosis: From Diagnosis to Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 939-959

  Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a   Chatterjee, Shivsekhar ^b   Radotra, Bishan D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Burn; Diagnosis; Management; Skin; Wound

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952647453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2408-4_55     Document Type: Chapter

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