Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis in immunocompetent patients

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 246-250

  Sethi, Somika ^a   Siraj, Fouzia ^a   Kalra, K L ^a   Chopra, P ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; immunocompetent; osteomyelitis; vertebrae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859073624     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.93693     Document Type: Article

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