Correlation of Candida species and symptoms among patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 202-205

  Lopes Consolaro, Márcia Edilaine ^a   Aline Albertoni, Thâmara ^a   Shizue Yoshida, Celina ^a   Mazucheli, Josmar ^b   Marina Peralta, Rosane ^b   Estivalet Svidzinski, Terezinha Inez ^a,b  

^a Division of Medical Mycology   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Non C. albicans yeasts; Recurrence; Vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA SECRETION; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRURITUS; RECURRENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 12944284596     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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