Oral fungal colonization and oral candidiasis in renal transplant patients: The relationship to Miswak use

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 455-460

  Al Mohaya, Maha Ali ^a   Darwazeh, Azmi ^b,c   Al Khudair, Waleed ^d  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; THRUSH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ORAL HYGIENE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036528139     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.121992     Document Type: Article

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