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Phaeohyphomycosis due to Pleurostomophora richardsiae in a Patient with a Hematological Malignancy

  • Eun Jeong Won (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Sook-Ja Park (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Uiree Jo (Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Heungsup Sung (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Eun-Ji Choi (Department of Hematology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Mi-Na Kim (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea, funded by the Korean Ministry of Education (grant No. NRF-2022R1C1C1002741).

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