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Use of fluconazole in the treatment ofCandida albicans hydrocephalus shunt infection

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  1. Institute of Infectious Disease, University of Verona, Italy

    M. Cruciani, G. Di Perri, E. Concia & D. Bassetti

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Verona, Italy

    M. Molesini

  3. Division of Infectious Disease, Ospedale Pugliese, Catanzaro, Italy

    S. Vento

  4. 1st Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Genoa, Istituto G. Gaslini, Largo G. Gaslini, 5, 16147, Genova, Italy

    M. Cruciani & D. Bassetti

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Cruciani, M., Di Perri, G., Molesini, M. et al. Use of fluconazole in the treatment ofCandida albicans hydrocephalus shunt infection. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 11, 957 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01962387

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