Severe osteomyelitis due to the zygomycete Apophysomyces elegans.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on December 01, 1994

Authors

J F Meis1, B J Kullberg, M Pruszczynski, R P Veth

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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