Global epidemiology of cutaneous zygomycosis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 628-632

  Skiada, Anna ^a   Rigopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Larios, George ^a   Petrikkos, George ^a   Katsambas, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; POSACONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS ZYGOMYCOSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG COST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 84867623769     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2012.01.010     Document Type: Note

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