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Unexpected analytical interference in isavuconazole UV determination in a child in therapy with lumacaftor/ivacaftor for cystic fibrosis

  • Sara Baldelli EMAIL logo , Marta Fusi , Valeria Cozzi , Emilio Clementi , Nadia Maria Luisa Faelli , Maria Russo , Carla Colombo and Dario Cattaneo

Corresponding author: Sara Baldelli, Chem.D, Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, via GB Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy, Phone: 00390250319619, Fax: 00390250119646

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  4. Honorarium: None declared.

  5. Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

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Received: 2019-02-19
Accepted: 2019-05-01
Published Online: 2019-05-29
Published in Print: 2019-10-25

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