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M Bassetti1, A Vena1, E Bouza2

  • 1Infectious Diseases Clinic, Department of Medicine University of Udine and Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata, Udine, Italy; Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Clinica Malattie Infettive, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.

Clinical Microbiology and Infection : the Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
|March 3, 2020
PubMed
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Keywords:
AntifungalsAspergillusAzole resistanceCandidaClinical implicationsCryptococcusEchinocandin resistanceMIC

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