Oropharyngeal candidosis in AIDS patients: An epidemiological study using restriction analysis of Candida albicans total genomic DNA

Mycoses

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Costa, Maria Rosa Elias ^a   Carnovale, S ^b   Relloso, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AIDS; Candida albicans; Epidemiology; REA; Restriction endonuclease analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; MOUTH INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, FUNGAL; HAND; HUMANS; MOUTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032988265     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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