High oral prevalence of Candida krusei in leprosy patients in Northern Thailand

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4479-4485

  Reichart, P A ^a   Samaranayake, L P ^b   Samaranayake, Y H ^b   Grote, M ^a   Pow, E ^b   Cheung, B ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEPROSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; THRUSH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; THAILAND;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 18744407547     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4479-4485.2002     Document Type: Article

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