Epidemiology of invasive fungal diseases on the basis of autopsy reports

F1000Prime Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dignani, María Cecilia ^a,b,c  

^a Registro de Micosis Invasoras REMIIN ^*  (Argentina)

^b Argentinean Society of Infectious Diseases   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS;

EID: 84907052514     PISSN: 20517599     EISSN: 20517599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12703/P6-81     Document Type: Review

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