Overview of opportunistic fungal infections in India.

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Published in Nihon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi on January 01, 2008

Authors

Arunaloke Chakrabarti1, Shiv Sekhar Chatterjee, M R Shivaprakash

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.

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