Oropharyngeal candidiasis caused by non-albicans yeast in patients receiving external beam radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-83

  Dahiya, Marta Caceres ^a   Redding, Spencer W ^a   Dahiya, Rajiv S ^a   Eng, Tony Y ^a   Kirkpatrick, William R ^a   Coco, Brent J ^a   Sadkowski, Lee C ^b   Fothergill, A W ^a   Waite, Annette ^a   Rinaldi, Michael G ^a   Patterson, Thomas F ^a   Thomas Jr , Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromogenic medium; Head and neck cancer; Non albicans Candida; Oropharyngeal candidiasis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMOTHERAPY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS; YEAST;

CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SMEAR; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THROAT CULTURE; THRUSH; YEAST;

EID: 0042065401     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00415-2     Document Type: Article

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