Congenital candida clabrata infection without specific nodules on the placenta and umbilical cord

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 744-745

  Matsuzawa, Sachie ^a   Ohyama, Makiko ^a   Kawataki, Motoyoshi ^a   Itani, Yasufumi ^a   Hashimoto, Sakae ^a   Yamanaka, Michiko ^a   Ijiri, Rieko ^a   Tanaka, Yukichi ^a  

^a KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Candida nodules; Placenta; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NODULATION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA NODULE; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD NODULE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 23744492522     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000173611.59475.30     Document Type: Article

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