Counterpoint: Invasive Aspergillosis and the Environment—Rethinking Our Approach to Prevention
Open Access
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (9) , 1549-1552
- https://doi.org/10.1086/322970
Abstract
Preventive measures are important in the control of invasive aspergillosis (IA) because diagnosis is difficult and the outcome of treatment is poor.Keywords
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