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Candidemia epidemiology and susceptibility profile in the largest Brazilian teaching hospital complex
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Adriana Lopes Motta
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, Gisele Madeira Duboc de Almeida, João Nóbrega de Almeida Júnior, Marcelo Nascimento Burattini, Flávia Rossi
Microbiology Laboratory, Division of Central Laboratory, LIM 03 Department of Pathology, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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