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Early detection of Candida parapsilosis in peripheral blood as a result of a peripheral blood smear performed after cytographic changes on the Beckman Coulter UniCel DxH 800 hematology

  • Riccardo Lucis EMAIL logo , Donatella Poz , Monica Poletto , Liliana Puzzolante , Assunta Sartor and Francesco Curcio

Corresponding author: Dr. Riccardo Lucis, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy, Phone: 0039-3386947263, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: None declared.

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

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Informed consent: Not applicable.

  5. Ethical approval: Not applicable.

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Received: 2022-05-09
Accepted: 2022-06-01
Published Online: 2022-06-14
Published in Print: 2022-08-26

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