Disseminated zygomycosis: report of four cases and review.

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Published in Rev Infect Dis on December 08, 1989

Authors

C W Ingram1, J Sennesh, J N Cooper, J R Perfect

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

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