Disseminated mucormycosis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae in a liver transplant recipient.
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Disseminated mucormycosis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae in a liver transplant recipient.
Disseminated mucormycosis occurred in a 19 year old female following orthotopic liver transplantation for fulminant Wilson's disease. The causative organism Cunninghamella bertholletiae has previously been described in ten clinical cases, but never before in this setting.
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.64.747.82