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CASE REPORT

Trichosporon asahii Infection in an Extremely Preterm Infant in China

Na Wang1 Department of Pediatrics, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Jing-yi Tang2 Department of Pharmacy, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1791-834XView further author information
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Zi Wang3 Department of Dermatology, Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Liu-yao Wang4 Department of Pediatrics, Fuyong People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Tian-tian Song5 Department of Neonatology, Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Bei-bei Li5 Department of Neonatology, Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Lin Wang5 Department of Neonatology, Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 6495-6499 | Received 12 Aug 2022, Accepted 28 Sep 2022, Published online: 04 Nov 2022

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