Guidelines for the treatment of invasive candidiasis and other yeasts. Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC). 2010 Update;Recomendaciones sobre el tratamiento de la candidiasis invasiva y otras infecciones por levaduras de la Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica (SEIMC). Actualización 2011

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-361

  Aguado, José María ^a   Ruiz Camps, Isabel ^b   Muñoz, Patricia ^c   Mensa, José ^d   Almirante, Benito ^b   Vázquez, Lourdes ^e   Rovira, Montserrat ^d   Martín Dávila, Pilar ^f   Moreno, Asunción ^d   Álvarez Lerma, Francisco ^g   León, Cristóbal ^h   Madero, Luis ⁱ   Ruiz Contreras, Jesús ^a   Fortún, Jesús ^f   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^j  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^j INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Candida; Candidaemia; Cryptococcus; Invasive candidiasis; Invasive fungal infection

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPAIN;

EID: 79955965943     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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