Candida funisitis: A clinicopathologic study of 32 cases

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 118-124

  Qureshi, Faisal ^a   Jacques, Suzanne M ^a   Bendon, Robert W ^b   Faye Peterson, Ona M ^c   Heifetz, Stephen A ^d   Redline, Raymond ^e   Sander, C Maureen ^f  

^a HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida; Fetus; Funisitis; Infection; Placenta; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0032009329     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900014     Document Type: Article

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