Antifungal therapy and management of complications of cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on May 22, 2013

Authors

Sharon C-A Chen1, Tony M Korman, Monica A Slavin, Deborah Marriott, Karen Byth, Narin Bak, Bart J Currie, Krispin Hajkowicz, Christopher H Heath, Sarah Kidd, William J H McBride, Wieland Meyer, Ronan Murray, E Geoffrey Playford, Tania C Sorrell, Australia and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG) Cryptococcus Study

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology and The Sydney Institute for Emerging Infections and Biosecurity, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia. sharon.chen@swahs.health.nsw.gov.au

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