First case report of fulminant septic shock from meningococcemia associated with Cryptococcus neoformans coinfection in an immunocompetent patient
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Mycology Case Reports
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2211-7539
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.10.003