Systemic fungal infections caused by Candida species: epidemiology, infection process and virulence attributes.

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Published in Curr Drug Targets on December 01, 2005

Authors

A L Mavor1, S Thewes, B Hube

Author Affiliations

1: Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany.

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