Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 274-284 , March 2010

Lichtheimia hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel Lichtheimia spp. associated with rhinocerebral, gastrointestinal, and cutaneous mucormycosis

  • Patrick C.Y. Woo

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • PCY Woo and SKP Lau contributed the same to the manuscript.
    • ,
  • Susanna K.P. Lau

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • PCY Woo and SKP Lau contributed the same to the manuscript.
    • ,
  • Antonio H.Y. Ngan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Edward T.K. Tung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Shui-Yee Leung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Kelvin K.W. To

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Vincent C.C. Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Kwok-Yung Yuen

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Tel.: +852-28554892; fax: +852-28551241.

Received 16 June 2009 ,Accepted 7 October 2009.

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PII: S0732-8893(09)00419-2

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.10.009

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 66, Issue 3 , Pages 274-284 , March 2010

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