Faecal fungal flora in healthy volunteers and inpatients

Mycoses

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 151-156

  Khatib, R ^a   Riederer, Kathleen M ^a   Ramanathan, J ^a   Baran Jr , J ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida; Faecal flora; Intestine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; SACCHAROMYCES; VOLUNTEER; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDIDA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INPATIENTS; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YEASTS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; SACCHAROMYCES; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 0034947728     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2001.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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