Symptomatic vulvovaginitis due to fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans in a female who was not infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 726-727

  Sobel, Jack D ^a,b   Vazquez, Jose A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Harper Professional Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BORIC ACID; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 0029795294     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.4.726     Document Type: Article

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