Antifungal drug resistance: do molecular methods provide a way forward?
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Antifungal drug resistance.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0951-7375
DOI: 10.1097/qco.0b013e3283321ce5