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Case Report

Successful Treatment of Pulmonary Mucormycosis in an Allogenic Bone-marrow Transplant Recipient with Combined Medical and Surgical Therapy

Juliette Pavie Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance, Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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Matthieu Lafaurie Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance, Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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Claire Lacroix Laboratoire de Mycologie et Parasitologie, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance, Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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Anne Marie Zagdanski Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance, Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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Denis Debrosse Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France
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Gérard Socié Service de Greffe de Moëlle, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance, Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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Francis Derouin Laboratoire de Mycologie et Parasitologie, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance, Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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Eliane Gluckman Service de Greffe de Moëlle, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance, Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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Jean Michel Molina Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance, Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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Pages 767-769 | Published online: 24 Dec 2012

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