First characterization of Candida albicans by random amplified polymorphic DNA method in Nicaragua and comparison of the diagnosis methods for vaginal candidiasis in Nicaraguan women

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 985-989

  Bello, Martha Darce ^b   Gonzalez, Alcides ^b   Barnabé, Christian ^c   Larrouy, Georges ^a  

^a Lab Parasitol Med d'Ecologie Hum   (France)

^b Ministerio de Salud de Nicaragua (MINSA)   (Nicaragua)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Diagnosis; Molecular typing; Nicaragua; Population structure; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NICARAGUA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NICARAGUA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11244323481     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000700010     Document Type: Article

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