Renal ultrasonography and detection of pseudomycelium in urine as means of diagnosis of renal fungus balls in neonates

Mycopathologia

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-337

  Vázquez Tsuji, Oscar ^a,b   Campos Rivera, Teresita ^b   Ahumada Mendoza, Héctor ^b   Rondán Zárate, Adrián ^a   Martínez Barbabosa, Ignacio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD LA SALLE   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Pseudohyphae; Renal fungus balls; Urinary infections

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

BLADDER; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; NEWBORN; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCELIUM; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI;

EID: 19944416588     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-004-3713-4     Document Type: Review

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