Candida non albicans with a High Amphotericin B Resistance Pattern Causing Candidemia among Cancer Patients |
Kalantar, Enayatollah
(Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences)
Assadi, Mojan (Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences) Pormazaheri, Helen (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences) Hatami, Shiva (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences) Barari, Maryam Agha (Department of Nursing, School of Nursery and Midwifery, Alborz University of Medical Sciences) Asgari, Esfandiar (Educational Supervisor Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences) Mahmoudi, Elaheh (Department of Pathobiology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences) Kabir, Kourosh (Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences) Marashi, Seyed Mahmoud Amin (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences) |
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