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Letter to the Editor

Risk factors for candidaemia in critically ill patients in intensive care units as compared to internal medicine wards

Carlo TasciniInfectious Diseases Clinic, Nuovo Santa Chiara University Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy;
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Emanuela SozioEmergency Medicine Unit, Nuovo Santa Chiara University Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy;
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Nicola SaliniU.O. Anestesia e Rianimazione VI° – Pronto Soccorso, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy;
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Francesco SbranaFondazione Toscana “Gabriele Monasterio”, Pisa, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Andrea RipoliFondazione Toscana “Gabriele Monasterio”, Pisa, Italy;
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Bruno ViaggiSOD Neuroanestesia e Rianimazione CTO, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy
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Paolo MalacarneU.O. Anestesia e Rianimazione VI° – Pronto Soccorso, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy;
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Pages 153-154 | Received 30 Jun 2016, Accepted 19 Jul 2016, Published online: 22 Aug 2016

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