Blood Reviews
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 51-61 , March 2010

Current therapeutic approaches to fungal infections in immunocompromised hematological patients

  • Livio Pagano

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, I-00168 Rome, Italy. Tel.: +39 0630154180; fax: +39 063051343.
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  • Morena Caira

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Caterina Giovanna Valentini

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Brunella Posteraro

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Microbiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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  • Luana Fianchi

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

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doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2009.11.003

Blood Reviews
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 51-61 , March 2010

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