COVID-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis in the United States: Is It Rare or Have We Missed the Diagnosis?

J Clin Microbiol

Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Published: September 2021

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