A Case of Pulmonary Zygomycosis Caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae
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Infections by Cunninghamella bertholletiae are infrequent but particularly severe and have high associated mortality. Gomes et al.1 reported 6 pediatric cases, 4 with pneumonia and 2 with disseminated disease. In said study, hematologic disease was the majority risk factor. Three patients with lung affectation who underwent surgery and antifungal treatment survived. Our case is a 17-year-old pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1884-569X,0387-5911
DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.71.264