Key issues concerning fungistatic versus fungicidal drugs.

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Published in Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis on January 01, 1997

Authors

J R Graybill1, D S Burgess, T C Hardin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284, USA.

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