Initial treatment and outcome of Candida glabrata versus Candida albicans bloodstream infection.

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Published in Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis on April 18, 2009

Authors

Michael J Klevay1, David L Horn, Dionissios Neofytos, Michael A Pfaller, Daniel J Diekema, PATH Alliance

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, USA.

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