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Candida auris as a significant emerging human fungal pathogen
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Affiliations- Research Unit, Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
- Research Unit, International Academy of Ecology and Medicine, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Department of Medical Informatics and Telemedicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Outcomes Research, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland
- Research Unit, NZOZ Salus s.c, Chorzele, Poland
- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
- Research Unit, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Bialystok Oncology Center, Bialystok, Poland
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Candida auris as a significant emerging human fungal pathogen
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Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal
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Editorial
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61-63
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2023-04-18
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Disaster Emerg Med J 2023;8(2):61-63.
Authors
Michal Pruc
Maciej J. Krajsman
Stepan Feduniw
Piotr Szczepanski
Julia Holzer
Anna Jaroszewska
Lukasz Szarpak
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