Surgical pathology and the diagnosis of invasive visceral yeast infection: two case reports and literature review.

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Published in World J Emerg Surg on September 26, 2013

Authors

Paola Di Carlo1, Gaetano Di Vita, Giuliana Guadagnino, Gianfranco Cocorullo, Francesco D'Arpa, Giuseppe Salamone, Buscemi Salvatore, Gaspare Gulotta, Daniela Cabibi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care "G, D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 127, I- 90127 Palermo, Italy. paola.dicarlo@unipa.it.

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