Renal transplant patient survives a donor-derived abdominal invasive mucormycosis (Lichtheimia ramosa)
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Mycology Case Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2211-7539
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.10.002