Chronic urinary tract infection due to Candida utilis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 824-827

  Hazen, Kevin C ^a   Theisz, Gordon W ^a   Howell, Susan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; NEOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA UTILIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PYURIA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; PICHIA JADINII;

EID: 0033040940     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.824-827.1999     Document Type: Article

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