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Antifungal prophylaxis: update on an old strategy

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  1. Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED). Section of Anesthesia Analgesia Intensive Care and Emergency, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    A. Cortegiani, V. Russotto, S. M. Raineri & A. Giarratano

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AC, VR, and SMR declare that they have no competing interests. AG received grants, fees for educational presentation, and advisory board membership, without any relationship to the submitted work, from Pfizer (New York, NY, USA), Merck Sharp (Kenilworth, NJ, USA), and Gilead (Foster City, CA, USA). His institution received a grant from Gilead, Pfizer, and Merck Sharp without any relationship to the submitted work.

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Cortegiani, A., Russotto, V., Raineri, S.M. et al. Antifungal prophylaxis: update on an old strategy. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 35, 1719–1720 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-016-2699-4

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