Oral colonization, phenotypic, and genotypic profiles of Candida species in irradiated, dentate, xerostomic nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivors

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2219-2226

  Leung, W Keung ^a   Dassanayake, Ranil S ^a   Yau, Joyce Y Y ^a   Jin, Li Jian ^a   Yam, Wing Cheong ^b   Samaranayake, Lakshman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THRUSH;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 0034092416     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.6.2219-2226.2000     Document Type: Article

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