Fatal disseminated infection caused by Prototheca zopfii in a child with leukemia.

J Microbiol Immunol Infect

Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address:

Published: October 2019

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