Killing Activity of Micafungin Against Candida albicans, C. dubliniensis and Candida africana in the Presence of Human Serum.

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Published in Mycopathologia on July 11, 2017

Authors

Renátó Kovács1,2, Qasem Saleh1, Aliz Bozó1, Zoltán Tóth1, Rudolf Gesztelyi3, Tamás Kardos4, Gábor Kardos1, István Takacs5, László Majoros6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98., 4032, Hungary.
2: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
3: Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
4: Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
5: Faculty of Health, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary.
6: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98., 4032, Hungary. major@med.unideb.hu.

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