Time to Initiation of Fluconazole Therapy Impacts Mortality in Patients with Candidemia: A Multi‐Institutional Study
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- 1 July 2006
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 43 (1), 25-31
- https://doi.org/10.1086/504810
Abstract
Background. Inadequate antimicrobial treatment is an independent determinant of hospital mortality, and fungal bloodstream infections are among the tKeywords
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