Fungal Infections After Lung Transplantation
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Fungal Infections After Liver Transplantation.
A STUDY DONE at our institution between 1981 and 1983 showed that 42% of liver recipients developed invasive fungal infections, mostly due to Candida and Aspergillus. l Between July 1984 and September 1985 we studied 101 consecutive adult liver transplant recipients at Presbyterian University Hospital for the incidence and risk factors associated with invasive fungal infection. The risk factors...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics in Chest Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0272-5231
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2017.04.011