Invasive Neonatal Candidiasis: An Overview

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 352-356

  Chapman, Rachel L ^a   Faix, Roger G ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0242266612     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-0005(03)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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