High-dose caspofungin salvage in a very-low-birth-weight infant with refractory candidemia |
Seo, Eun Sun
(Department of Pediatics, Busan St. Mary's Medical Center)
Park, Geun Hwa (Department of Pediatics, Busan St. Mary's Medical Center) Kim, Sung Mi (Department of Pediatics, Busan St. Mary's Medical Center) Jung, Hye An (Department of Radiology, Busan St. Mary's Medical Center) Kim, Byoung Kuk (Department of clinical pathology, Busan St. Mary's Medical Center) |
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