A Prospective Clinical Trial of a Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis of Candidemia in Nonneutropenic, Critically Ill Adults
Open Access
- 15 March 2008
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 46 (6) , 890-896
- https://doi.org/10.1086/528690
Abstract
Background. Invasive Candida infection among nonneutropenic, critically ill adults is a clinical problem that has received increasing attention in reKeywords
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