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Successful Management of Aspergillus Liver Abscess in a Patient with Necrotizing Fasciitis

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

    Josef Rieder & Ingo Lorenz

  2. Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

    Matthias Lechner & Cornelia Lass-Floerl

  3. Department of Radiology, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

    Michael Rieger

  4. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

    Hildegunde Piza

  5. Department of General and Transplant Surgery, Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Hugo Bonatti

  6. Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, USA

    Hugo Bonatti

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Rieder, J., Lechner, M., Lass-Floerl, C. et al. Successful Management of Aspergillus Liver Abscess in a Patient with Necrotizing Fasciitis. Dig Dis Sci 52, 1548–1553 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9402-z

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