Risk factors for colonization with yeast species in a veterans affairs long-term care facility

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 849-853

  Hedderwick, Sara A ^a   Wan, Jim Y ^b   Bradley, Suzanne F ^a   Sangeorzan, Jon A ^a   Terpenning, Margaret S ^a   Kauffman, Carol A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; RISK FACTOR; YEAST;

EID: 0031821240     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02718.x     Document Type: Article

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