A global evaluation of the susceptibility of Candida species to fluconazole by disk diffusion. Global Antifungal Surveillance Group.

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Published in Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis on April 01, 2000

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J Meis1, M Petrou, J Bille, D Ellis, D Gibbs

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1: Medical Microbiology, University Hospital, G. Grooteplein Zuid 24, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

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