Nonculture methods for diagnosis of disseminated candidiasis.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0893-8512,1098-6618
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.6.4.311-323.1993