Species distribution and susceptibility to azole antifungals of Candida bloodstream isolates from eight university hospitals in Korea.

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Published in Yonsei Med J on October 31, 2007

Authors

Jin-Sol Lee1, Jong Hee Shin, Kyungwon Lee, Mi-Na Kim, Bo-Moon Shin, Young Uh, Wee-Gyo Lee, Hye Soo Lee, Chulhun L Chang, Soo Hyun Kim, Myung Geun Shin, Soon Pal Suh, Dong Wook Ryang

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, 8 Hak-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-757, Korea.

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