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Does Candida auris colonize the oral cavity? A retrospective institutional experience
Areej Alfaifi1,2, John K Brooks1, Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk1,3
1Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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