The prevalence of Candida dubliniensis among germ tube positive candida samples isolated from the respiratory tract

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 885-887

  Tekeli, Alper ^a   Memikoglu, Osman ^a   Dolapci, Istar ^a   Koyuncu, Esra ^a   Yuksel, Ozlem ^a   Tekeli, Emin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CANDIDA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TURKEY;

EID: 21344436428     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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