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The First Case of Pulmonary Mucormycosis Caused by Lichtheimia ornata

  • Jungjun Lee (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Dong-Gun Lee (Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Raeseok Lee (Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Jae-Ho Yoon (Department of Hematology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kyongmin Sarah Beck (Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • In Young Yoo (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Yeon-Joon Park (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2023.11.01
  • Accepted : 2024.02.12
  • Published : 2024.07.01
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This research was supported by a grant from the Korea Health Technology R&B Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Korea (grant No.: HI22C0595).

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