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Case Report

Apophysomyces elegans causing acute otogenic cervicofacial zygomycosis involving salivary glands

Amit Goyal Neuro-otology Unit, Department of Neuro-surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, (UP), IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Isha Tyagi Neuro-otology Unit, Department of Neuro-surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, (UP), India
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Rajan Syal Neuro-otology Unit, Department of Neuro-surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, (UP), India
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R. S. K. Marak Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, (UP), India
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Jagdeep Singh Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, (UP), India
Pages 457-461 | Received 30 Sep 2006, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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