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Absidia Corymbifera in an immune competent accident victim with multiple abdominal injuries: case report

BACKGROUND: We report a case of mucormycosis in a healthy 17-year-old accident victim with multiple abdominal injuries which was caused by infection with Absidia Corymbifera, a ubiquitous saphrophyte in the ground. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient was admitted to hospital with massive abdominal trauma...

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Autores principales: Belfiori, Rita, Terenzi, Adelmo, Marchesini, Laura, Repetto, Antonella
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1891108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17531089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-46