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CASE REPORT

Severe Candida albicans panophthalmitis treated with all available and potentially effective antifungal drugs: Fluconazole, liposomal amphotericin B, caspofungin, and voriconazole

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Pages 950-951 | Received 23 Dec 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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