Mucormycosis after a Tornado in Joplin, Missouri

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1066-1067

  Weddle, Gina ^a   Pahud, Barbara ^a   Jackson, Mary Anne ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

APOPHYSOMYCES TRAPEZIFORMIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LETTER; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TORNADO; UNITED STATES; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 84874996119     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1300111     Document Type: Letter

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