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[Systemic antifungal drugs]

Inmaculada Quiles-Melero1, Julio García-Rodríguez1

  • 1Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.

Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia
|July 23, 2021
PubMed

Keywords:
Amphotericin BAnfotericina BAntifungal drugsAntifúngicosHongos filamentososLevadurasMouldsYeasts

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