Emergence of Candida tropicalis as the major cause of fungaemia in India

Mycoses

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 278-280

  Mathews, Mary S ^a   Samuel, Promila R ^a   Suresh, Mercy ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Candida; Candida tropicalis; Fungaemia; India; Trichosporon beigelii

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; FUNGEMIA; INDIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 0035788153     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2001.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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