Earlier response assessment in invasive aspergillosis based on the kinetics of serum Aspergillus galactomannan: proposal for a new definition.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on August 16, 2011

Authors

Simone A Nouér1, Marcio Nucci, Naveen Sanath Kumar, Monica Grazziutti, Bart Barlogie, Elias Anaissie

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Preventive Medicine and Myeloma Institute forResearch and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.

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