Epidemiological trends in nosocomial candidemia in intensive care.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on February 10, 2006

Authors

Matteo Bassetti1, Elda Righi, Alessandro Costa, Roberta Fasce, Maria Pia Molinari, Raffaella Rosso, Franco Bobbio Pallavicini, Claudio Viscoli

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Diseases Department, S. Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. mattba@tin.it

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