Prophylaxis and treatment of invasive fungal diseases in allogeneic stem cell transplantation: results of a consensus process by Gruppo Italiano Trapianto di Midollo Osseo (GITMO).

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on October 15, 2009

Authors

Corrado Girmenia1, Giovanni Barosi, Franco Aversa, Andrea Bacigalupo, Tiziano Barbui, Donatella Baronciani, Alberto Bosi, Anna Candoni, Anna Locasciulli, Franco Locatelli, Francesco Menichetti, Maurizio Musso, Claudio Viscoli, Alessandro Rambaldi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Hematology, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

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