'Giant' blastoconidia of Candida albicans: Morphologic presentation and concepts regarding their production

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-32

  Bottone, Edward J ^a   Horga, Maria ^a   Abrams, Julian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCONIDIUM; CACAO; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGAR; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PHARYNX;

EID: 0032911604     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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