The current treatment landscape: other fungal diseases (cryptococcosis, fusariosis and mucormycosis)
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Author for correspondence: EpiVax, Inc., 146 Clifford St, Providence, RI 02903, USA and University of Rhode Island, Institute for Immunology and Informatics, RI, USA Tel.: +1 401 272 2123 Fax: +1 401 272 7562 [email protected]; [email protected] Current treatment of autoimmune disease usually involves the use of cytotoxic drugs or biologic agents that interfere with the activity of B c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0305-7453,1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw394