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. 1988 Jan;64(747):82–84. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.64.747.82

Disseminated mucormycosis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae in a liver transplant recipient.

G R Nimmo 1, R F Whiting 1, R W Strong 1
PMCID: PMC2428744  PMID: 3047721

Abstract

Disseminated mucormycosis occurred in a 19 year old female following orthotopic liver transplantation for fulminant Wilson's disease. The causative organism Cunninghamella bertholletiae has previously been described in ten clinical cases, but never before in this setting.

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