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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Successful treatment of Candida osteoarticular infections with limited duration of antifungal therapy and orthopedic surgical intervention

Andy O. Miller From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA;Center for Osteoarticular Mycoses, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Maria N. GamaletsouCenter for Osteoarticular Mycoses, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA;Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University Athens, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Michael W. Henry From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA;Center for Osteoarticular Mycoses, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA
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Leen Al-HafezWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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Kaiser Hussain From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Nikolaos V. SipsasCenter for Osteoarticular Mycoses, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA;Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University Athens, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Dimitrios P. KontoyiannisMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Emmanuel RoilidesCenter for Osteoarticular Mycoses, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA;3rd Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University School of Health Science, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Barry D. Brause From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA;Center for Osteoarticular Mycoses, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA
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Thomas J. Walsh From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA;Center for Osteoarticular Mycoses, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA;Department of Pediatrics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Pages 144-149 | Received 24 Jul 2014, Accepted 01 Oct 2014, Published online: 24 Dec 2014

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