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Arterial blood culture to hasten the diagnosis of candidemia in critically ill patients

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  1. U.O. Malattie Infettive, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, Cisanello, 56100, Pisa, Italy

    Carlo Tascini, Alessandro Leonildi, Francesco Amadori & Francesco Menichetti

  2. Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy

    Francesco Sbrana & Andrea Ripoli

  3. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    Gianluigi Cardinali

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Tascini, C., Sbrana, F., Cardinali, G. et al. Arterial blood culture to hasten the diagnosis of candidemia in critically ill patients. Intensive Care Med 40, 1059–1060 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3336-2

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