Species distribution and in vitro antifungal susceptibility patterns of 75 clinical isolates of Fusarium spp. from northern Italy.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on April 28, 2008

Authors

Anna Maria Tortorano1, Anna Prigitano, Giovanna Dho, Maria Carmela Esposto, Claudia Gianni, Anna Grancini, Cristina Ossi, Maria Anna Viviani

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health-Microbiology-Virology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Pascal 36, Milan 20133, Italy. annamaria.tortorano@unimi.it

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