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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala salmonis

Young Ahn Yoon1, Kyung Sun Park, Jang Ho Lee

  • 1Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Annals of Laboratory Medicine
|November 7, 2012
PubMed

Keywords:
ExophialaKoreaPhaeohyphomycosisSequence analysisSoft tissue infection

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