Prolonged survival of an HIV-infected subject with severe lymphoproliferative disease and rhinocerebral mucormycosis.

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  • Marco Bongiovanni
  • Roberto Ranieri
  • Daris Ferrari
  • Carla Codecà
  • Tiziana Tartaro
  • Lilj Uziel
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

دوره 60 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007