Cutaneous mucormycosis of the lower extremity leading amputation in two diabetic patients |
Coerdt, Kathleen M.
(Georgetown University School of Medicine)
Zolper, Elizabeth G. (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital) Starr, Amy G. (Department of Pathology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital) Fan, Kenneth L. (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital) Attinger, Christopher E. (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital) Evans, Karen K. (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital) |
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