Quantitative urine cultures do not reliably detect renal candidiasis in rabbits

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3292-3297

  Navarro, Eileen E ^a   Almario, Jose S ^b   Schaufele, Robert L ^a   Bacher, John ^c   Walsh, Thomas J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; URINE CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030657898     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3292-3297.1997     Document Type: Article

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