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Original Article

Saksenaea erythrospora, an emerging mucoralean fungus causing severe necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections – a study from a tertiary care hospital in north India*

Jagdish ChanderDepartment of Microbiology, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India; Correspondence[email protected]
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Nidhi SinglaDepartment of Microbiology, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India;
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Mandeep KaurDepartment of Microbiology, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India;
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Rajpal Singh PuniaDepartment of Microbiology, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India;
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Ashok AttriDepartment of Microbiology, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India;
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Ana Alastruey-IzquierdoSpanish National Center for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain;
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José F. Cano-LiraMedical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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Alberto Miguel StchigelMedical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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Josep GuarroMedical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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Pages 170-177 | Received 31 Mar 2016, Accepted 13 Sep 2016, Published online: 04 Oct 2016

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