A case of Candida famata sepsis in a very low birth weight infant successfully treated with fluconazole following antifungal susceptibility testing

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 528-530

  Raturi, Shilpee ^a   Chandran, Suresh ^b   Viswanathan, Roopa ^c  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Blood stream infections; Candida famata; candidemia; fluconazole

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977612794     PISSN: 09752870     EISSN: 22787119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.160828     Document Type: Article

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