Use of fungal blood cultures in an Academic Medical Center

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3800-3801

  Kosmin, Aaron R ^a,b   Fekete, Thomas ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES;

EID: 55849125402     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00796-08     Document Type: Article

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