Trends in the Epidemiology of Invasive Fungal Infections
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Trends in the epidemiology of invasive fungal infections.
Invasive fungal infections have increased in importance, largely because of the increasing size of the population at risk. Candida species remain the fourth most important cause of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections. Infections with Candida species other than C. albicans appear to have become more common, but significant geographic variation has been reported. Invasive aspergillosis and o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nippon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0916-4804,1882-0476
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.48.1