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Candida vulturna Fungemia in an Infant With Congenital Megacolon from the Philippines

  • Yu Been Oh (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Ha Jin Lim (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Seung A Byun (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Min Ji Choi (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Hyun-Jung Choi (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Myung Geun Shin (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Seung Yeob Lee (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital) ;
  • Jong Hee Shin (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hospital)
  • Received : 2022.11.07
  • Accepted : 2022.12.28
  • Published : 2023.07.01
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