Colonisation of extragenital sites by Candida in women with recurrent vulvovaginal candiosis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 934-937

  Mårdh, Per Anders ^a,b   Novikova, Natalia ^a   Stukalova, Elena ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE;

ANAMNESIS; ANUS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; MOUTH; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SKIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS; VAGINA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOUTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; RECURRENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 10744227883     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-0328(03)01945-1     Document Type: Article

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