The distribution frequency of Candida species in the genitourinary tract among symptomatic individuals in Nigerian cities

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 60-63

  Okungbowa, Francisca I ^a   Isikhuemhen, Omoanghe S ^b,c   Dede, Alice P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b Dept of Nat Rsrc/Environ Design   (United States)

^c N Carolina Agric Tech State Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida species; Distribution; Symptomatic patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PSEUDOTROPICALIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DRUG ABUSE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; NIGERIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; URBAN POPULATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII;

EID: 0242558739     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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