Taxonomy and epidemiology of Mucor irregularis, agent of chronic cutaneous mucormycosis

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-56

  Lu, X L ^a,b,c   Najafzadeh, M J ^d   Dolatabadi, S ^a   Ran, Y P ^e   Gerrits van den Ende, A H G ^a   Shen, Y N ^c   Li, C Y ^f   Xi, L Y ^g   Hao, F ^h   Zhang, Q Q ⁱ   Li, R Y ^j   Hu, Z M ^k   Lu, G X ^c   Wang, J J ^g   Drogari Apiranthitou, M ^l   Klaassen, C ^a   Meis, J F ^m   Hagen, F ^m   Liu, W D ^b,c   de Hoog, G S ^a,g,j,n  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^k First Hospital of Wuhan   (China)

^l NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^m CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chronic cutaneous infection; Epidemiology; Mucor hiemalis; Mucor irregularis; Mucormycosis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MUCOR; MUCOR HIEMALIS; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR VARIABILIS;

EID: 84875842706     PISSN: 00315850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3767/003158513X665539     Document Type: Article

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