Treatment of zygomycosis: current and new options
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Treatment of zygomycosis: current and new options.
Zygomycosis is a frequently lethal invasive infection in high-risk patients such as the immunocompromised [especially haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients] and patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, zygomycosis has also been reported in individuals without known risk factors. The causative fungi are members of the order Mucorales and individual species within this gro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0305-7453,1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm429