Antifungal susceptibilities of clinical isolates of Candida species, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus species from Taiwan: surveillance of multicenter antimicrobial resistance in Taiwan program data from 2003.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on February 01, 2005

Authors

Po-Ren Hsueh1, Yeu-Jun Lau, Yin-Ching Chuang, Jen-Hsien Wan, Wen-Kuei Huang, Jainn-Ming Shyr, Jing-Jou Yan, Kwok-Woon Yu, Jiunn-Jong Wu, Wen-Chien Ko, Yi-Chueh Yang, Yung-Ching Liu, Lee-Jene Teng, Cheng-Yi Liu, Kwen-Tay Luh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan. hsporen@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw

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