Infection mimicking cancer: Retrospective analysis of 147 cases, emphasizing fungal etiology

G. Watte, R. Guidotti Tonietto, A. Gehlen Dall Bello, C. Bittencourt Severo, F. de Mattos Oliveira, B. Hochhegger, K. Irion, J. da Silva Moreira, L. Carlos Severo (Porto Alegre, Brazil; Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Healthcare, prevention and adjunctive treatments in respiratory infections
Session: Healthcare, prevention and adjunctive treatments in respiratory infections
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2512
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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