Molecular typing and fluconazole susceptibility of urinary Candida glabrata isolates from hospitalized patients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-17

  Schwab, Ute ^a   Chernomas, Fred ^b   Larcom, Lyndon ^b   Weems, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030783961     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(97)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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