Diabetic ketoacidosis from Candida urosepsis with fungus ball.
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SUBMITTER: Kubono Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9143780 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec
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Diabetic ketoacidosis from <i>Candida</i> urosepsis with fungus ball.
Kubono Yuta Y Fujikawa Hirohisa H Furuya Yasuhisa Y
Acute medicine & surgery 20220101 1
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