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Successful treatment of catheter-associated fungemia due toCandida krusei andTrichosporon beigelii in a leukemic patient receiving prophylactic itraconazole

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  1. Department of Clinical Medicine, National Cancer Institute and University of Trnava, Klenova 1, 833 03, Bratislava, Slovakia

    S. Špánik, T. Kollár, J. Gyarfáš, A. Kunová & V. Krčméry

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Špánik, S., Kollár, T., Gyarfáš, J. et al. Successful treatment of catheter-associated fungemia due toCandida krusei andTrichosporon beigelii in a leukemic patient receiving prophylactic itraconazole. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 14, 148–149 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02111878

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