Gastrointestinal translocation as a possible source of candidemia in an AIDS patient

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-200

  Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes ^a   Branchini, Maria Luiza ^b   Geiger, Débora ^a   Schimidt, Ana Lucia ^a   Pignatari, Antonio Carlos Campos ^a   Fischman, Olga ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Candidiasis; Fungemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0030132530     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651996000300006     Document Type: Article

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