Molecular epidemiology of invasive stomatitis due to Aspergillus flavus in patients with acute leukemia

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 215-218

  Myoken, Yoshinari ^a   Sugata, Tatsumi ^a   Fujita, Yoshinori ^a   Kyo, Tai Ichi ^a   Fujihara, Megumu ^a   Kohara, Tadahiro ^a   Katsu, Masakazu ^b   Mikami, Yuzuru ^b  

^a Hiroshima Red Cross/Atom Bomb S H ^*  (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Immunocompromised patients; Oral aspergillosis; RAPD

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STOMATITIS;

EID: 0038285172     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2003.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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