Candida ciferrii in an immunocompromised patient;Aislamiento de Candida ciferrii en un paciente inmunodeficiente

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-86

  García Martos, Pedro ^a,b   Ruiz Aragón, Jesús ^a   García Agudo, Lidia ^a   Saldarreaga, Abel ^a   Lozano, María Carmen ^a   Marín, Pilar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida ciferrii; Fluconazole; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA CIFERRII; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST;

AGED; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE;

CANDIDA; FUNGI; STEPHANOASCUS CIFERRII;

EID: 10644279945     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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