Antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida in the Clinical Laboratory: how to do it, when to do it, and how to interpret it

<p>Significant changes in the management of fungaemia have occurred in the last decade with increased use of fluconazole prophylaxis, of empirical treatment and of echinocandins as first-line agents for documented disease. The emergence of drug resistance in fungal pathogens has a profound imp...

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Main Authors: Esther Manso, Claudio Farina, Stefano Andreoni, Elisabetta Blasi, Marco Conte, Paolo Fazii, Gianluigi Lombardi, Silvana Sanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-06-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/4888