Mucormycosis in India: Unique features

Mycoses

Volumn 57, Issue s3, 2014, Pages 85-90

  Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a   Singh, Rachna ^a,b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apophysomyces elegans; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Mucormycosis; Renal infection; Rhizopus oryzae

Indexed keywords

APOPHYSOMYCES ELEGANS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

EID: 85027940313     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/myc.12243     Document Type: Article

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