Environmental variables associated with an increased risk of invasive aspergillosis
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Two Cases of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in an Iranian Family
SUMMARY Aspergillosis is an infectious disease caused by genus aspergillos species. Aspergilli are ab undant in the environment, they Jive in soil as saprophyte deriving nutrient, from dead plants and animal matters. The genus aspergillos in characterized by the formation of distinctive conidiophores giving rise to conidias which can spread by air and are able to reside on the body surface spe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12650