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Pulmonary Infections
Do you treat Candida spp isolated from a bronchoalveolar lavage?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I would only treat if there was evidence of Candida infection from another source/location (at the same time).
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No. Candida causes cutaneous, mucosal, line, and w...
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