Successful treatment of pulmonary zygomycosis in two transplant recipients with liposomal amphotericin B and partial surgical resection followed by posaconazole.
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چکیده
David T. Cooke, Francis D. Pagani, Daniel R. Kaul, Kenneth R. Cooke, Christine L. Lau and James Riddell IV Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Davis, CA, USA, Section of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA and Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlotte, VA, USA
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Mycoses
دوره 53 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010