Tuberc Respir Dis.  2014 May;76(5):249-249. 10.4046/trd.2014.76.5.249.

Co-infection with Influenza: Do Not Forget Aspergillus in the Immunosuppressed Neutropenic Host

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. dkontoyi@mdanderson.org
  • 2Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

No abstract available.


MeSH Terms

Aspergillus*
Coinfection*
Influenza, Human*

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