Outbreak of systemic candidiasis in low birth weight preterm infants at a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 100-104

  Fotedar, R ^a   Banerjee, U ^b   Chaudhary, A R ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candidiasis; Low birth weight preterm infants; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY;

EID: 0033913605     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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