Empyema with pleuropulmonary mucormycosis.
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چکیده
Pleuropulmonary mucormycosis is relatively rare disease and that too localised disease is very rare but has got better prognosis. Maintaining a high level of suspicion is important in right clinical setting with pleuropulmonary involvement that fails to antibacterial agent either clinically or radiologically.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
دوره 61 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013