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doi: 10.1111/tid.12190.
Epub 2014 Mar 5.
Disseminated Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection with septic pulmonary embolism after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
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- DOI: 10.1111/tid.12190
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Disseminated Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection with septic pulmonary embolism after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
Transpl Infect Dis.
2014 Apr.
Abstract
Mucormycosis in immunocompromised patients is often reported. We report a patient who developed non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Keywords: Cunninghamella; mucormycosis stem cell transplantation; pulmonary embolism.
© 2014 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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