The changing face of candidemia: emergence of non-Candida albicans species and antifungal resistance.

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Published in Am J Med on June 01, 1996

Authors

M H Nguyen1, J E Peacock, A J Morris, D C Tanner, M L Nguyen, D R Snydman, M M Wagener, M G Rinaldi, V L Yu

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1: University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Posaconazole to Treat Invasive Fungal Infections | NCT00033982

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