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Breakthrough Candidaemias During Empirical Therapy with Fluconazole in Non-cancer and Non-HIV Adults Caused by In Vitro-susceptible Candida Spp.: Report of 33 Cases

Gabriela Kovačičová Departments of Microbiology and Pharmacology, National and St. Elizabeth's Cancer Institutes, University of Trnava, School of Public Health, Bratislava
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František Mateička Departments of Microbiology and Pharmacology, National and St. Elizabeth's Cancer Institutes, University of Trnava, School of Public Health, Bratislava
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Juraj Hanzen Department of Microbiology, MPL Institute, Bratislava
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Anna Liškova Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Nitra
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Alex Sabo Departments of Microbiology and Pharmacology, National and St. Elizabeth's Cancer Institutes, University of Trnava, School of Public Health, Bratislava
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Zuzana Szovényová Department of Paediatrics and Microbiology, University Hospital, Kosice
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Bohns Chmelík Departments of Microbiology and Pharmacology, National and St. Elizabeth's Cancer Institutes, University of Trnava, School of Public Health, Bratislava; Department of Neonatology, Postgraduate Medical School, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Mária Huttová Departments of Microbiology and Pharmacology, National and St. Elizabeth's Cancer Institutes, University of Trnava, School of Public Health, Bratislava; Department of Neonatology, Postgraduate Medical School, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Vladimír Krčméry Departments of Microbiology and Pharmacology, National and St. Elizabeth's Cancer Institutes, University of Trnava, School of Public Health, Bratislava; Department of Health Management, School of Health, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Pages 749-751 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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