Epidemiology of candidemia in Brazil: a nationwide sentinel surveillance of candidemia in eleven medical centers.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on August 01, 2006

Authors

Arnaldo L Colombo1, Marcio Nucci, Benjamin J Park, Simone A Nouér, Beth Arthington-Skaggs, Daniel A da Matta, David Warnock, Juliette Morgan, Brazilian Network Candidemia Study

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu 740, 04023-062 São Paulo, Brazil. colomboal@terra.com.br.

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