Epidemiological investigation of vaginal Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates by a genotypic method

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 557-562

  McCullough, Michael J ^a,b   Clemons, Karl V ^a,b   Farina, Claudio ^c   McCusker, John H ^d   Stevens, David A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VAGINITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031975996     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.557-562.1998     Document Type: Article

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