Disseminated Deep Dermal Trichophyton Rubrum Infection in a Heart Transplant Recipient
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Deep infection by Trichophyton rubrum in an immunocompromised patient.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1053-2498
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.1986