Disseminated Invasive Infection Due to Metarrhizium anisopliae in an Immunocompromised Child
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.1146-1150.1998