Candida colonization in patients with esophageal disease: A prospective clinical study

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 70-72

  Bonavina, Luigi ^a   Incarbone, R ^a   Reitano, M ^a   Tortorano, A ^a   Viviani, M ^a   Peracchia, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Carcinoma; Esophagus; Intensive care; Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHARYNX; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROAT CULTURE; VOLUNTEER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CANDIDIASIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041562732     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2003.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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