Acta Med. 2011, 54: 163-166

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.42

CASE 3-2011: Invasive Mucormycosis (Zygomycosis) after Bone Marrow Transplantation in a 26-Year-Old Man with Relapsing Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

Alžběta Zavřelováa, Adéla Matějkováb, Markéta Nováb, Petr Hoffmannc, Vladimír Buchtad, Pavel Žáka

a2nd Department of Medicine and Department of Haematology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bThe Fingerland Department of Pathology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
cDepartment of Radiology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
dDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

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