Fecal fungal flora of pediatric healthy volunteers and immunosuppressed patients

Mycopathologia

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-520

  Agirbasli, H ^a   Keceli Ozcan S A ^b,c   Gedikoǧlu, Gündüz ^a  

^a Pediatric Blood Diseases Hospital   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fecal fungal flora; Immunsuppressed patients; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI;

EID: 21144445863     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-005-3451-2     Document Type: Article

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