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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 7/2014

01-07-2014 | Letter

Arterial blood culture to hasten the diagnosis of candidemia in critically ill patients

Authors: Carlo Tascini, Francesco Sbrana, Gianluigi Cardinali, Andrea Ripoli, Alessandro Leonildi, Francesco Amadori, Francesco Menichetti

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 7/2014

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Title
Arterial blood culture to hasten the diagnosis of candidemia in critically ill patients
Authors
Carlo Tascini
Francesco Sbrana
Gianluigi Cardinali
Andrea Ripoli
Alessandro Leonildi
Francesco Amadori
Francesco Menichetti
Publication date
01-07-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3336-2

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