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. 2022 Mar;88(3):1387-1391.
doi: 10.1111/bcp.14953. Epub 2021 Jun 26.

Challenge in treating COVID-19 associate pulmonary aspergillosis: Supratherapeutic voriconazole levels

Pinar Bakir Ekinci  1 , Emre Kara  1 , Ahmet Gorkem Er  2 , Ahmet Cagkan Inkaya  2 , Kutay Demirkan  1 , Omrum Uzun  2
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Challenge in treating COVID-19 associate pulmonary aspergillosis: Supratherapeutic voriconazole levels

Pinar Bakir Ekinci et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2022 Mar.
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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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FIGURE 1
The relationships of voriconazole and CRP levels in COVID‐19 and non COVID‐19 patients
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