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María Fernanda González-Lara1, Pedro Torres-González1, Andrea Rangel-Cordero1

  • 1Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Avenida Vasco de Quiroga No.15, Colonia Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, Delegación Tlalpan, 14080, Mexico City, Mexico.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
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Antifungal susceptibility testCandida spp.IdentificationVitek 2

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