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Micafungin in invasive fungal infections in children with acute leukemia or undergoing stem cell transplantation

Jan StyczynskiDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Bydgoszcz, Poland; Correspondence[email protected]
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Krzysztof CzyzewskiDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Bydgoszcz, Poland;
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Mariusz WysockiDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Bydgoszcz, Poland;
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Olga Zajac-SpychalaDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland;
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Jacek WachowiakDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland;
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Tomasz OciepaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland;
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Tomasz UrasinskiDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland;
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Olga Gryniewicz-KwiatkowskaDepartment of Oncology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warszawa, Poland;
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Agnieszka Kolodziejczyk-GietkaDepartment of Oncology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warszawa, Poland;
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Bozenna Dembowska-BaginskaDepartment of Oncology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warszawa, Poland;
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Danuta PerekDepartment of Oncology, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warszawa, Poland;
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Malgorzata SalamonowiczDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical University, Warszawa, Poland;
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Lukasz HutnikDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical University, Warszawa, Poland;
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Michal MatysiakDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical University, Warszawa, Poland;
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Karolina SiewieraDepartment of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, Hematology and Oncology, Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland;
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Jowita FrackiewiczDepartment of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, Hematology and Oncology, Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland;
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Krzysztof KalwakDepartment of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, Hematology and Oncology, Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland;
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Wanda BadowskaDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children Hospital, Olsztyn, Poland;
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Zofia MalasDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children Hospital, Olsztyn, Poland;
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Jolanta GozdzikDepartment of Clinical Immunology and Transplantology, Stem Cell Transplant Center, University Children’s Hospital, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland;
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Agnieszka Urbanek-DadelaDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children Hospital, Kielce, Poland;
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Grażyna KarolczykDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children Hospital, Kielce, Poland;
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Weronika StolpaDepartment of Pediatric, Division of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Chemotherapy, Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland;
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Grazyna SobolDepartment of Pediatric, Division of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Chemotherapy, Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland;
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Zuzanna GamrotDivision of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Chorzow Paediatric and Oncology Center, Chorzow, Poland;
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Mariola WoszczykDivision of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Chorzow Paediatric and Oncology Center, Chorzow, Poland;
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Lidia GilDepartment of Hematology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Pages 2456-2459 | Received 03 May 2015, Accepted 10 Jan 2016, Published online: 16 Feb 2016

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