Mucormycosis (Zygomycosis) in a Heart-Kidney Transplant Recipient: Recovery after Posaconazole Therapy
Open Access
- 1 June 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 36 (11) , 1488-1491
- https://doi.org/10.1086/375075
Abstract
We describe the case of a diabetic patient who developed a severe invasive fungal infection due to Rhizopus species postoperatively after a dual hearKeywords
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