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Incidence and Mortality of Proven Invasive Candida Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez*
Affiliation:
Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago Santiago de Compostela, Spain The Fungal Infections Study Group of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Intensive Care
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Abstract

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Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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