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. 2020 Sep:22:175-176.
doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.06.003. Epub 2020 Jun 12.

The lurking scourge of multidrug resistant Candida auris in times of COVID-19 pandemic

Anuradha Chowdhary  1 , Amit Sharma  2
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The lurking scourge of multidrug resistant Candida auris in times of COVID-19 pandemic

Anuradha Chowdhary et al. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Candida auris; SARS-CoV-2.

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