Successful Treatment of a Case with Rhino-Orbital-Cerebral Mucormycosis by the Combination of Neurosurgical Intervention and the Sequential Use of Amphotericin Band Posaconazole |
Yoon, Young-Kyung
(Division of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Kim, Min-Ja (Division of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Korea University) Chung, Yang-Gu (Departments of Internal Medicine, Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Korea University) Shin, Il-Young (Departments of Internal Medicine, Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Korea University) |
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