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Medical and Veterinary Mycology

Characterization of a Candida albicans isolate from a recurrent cervical lymphadenitis patient

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Pages 942-952 | Received 18 Jun 2019, Accepted 21 Aug 2019, Published online: 17 Oct 2019

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