Diagnostic performance of immunohistochemistry for the aspergillosis and mucormycosis

To investigate the accuracy of immunohistochemistry (IHC) tests for distinguishing between mucormycosis and aspergillosis and compare the clinical characteristics of mucormycosis patients according to galactomannan (GM) results.

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