Disseminated fusariosis caused by Fusarium verticillioides in an acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on November 12, 2008

Authors

Gulsum Tezcan1, Betil Ozhak-Baysan, Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo, Dilara Ogunc, Gozde Ongut, Sinasi Taner Yildiran, Volkan Hazar, Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Juan Luis Rodriguez-Tudela

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, 07070 Antalya, Turkey.

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