Effect of circumcision on genital colonization of Malassezia spp. in a pediatric population

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-117

  Iskit, Serdar ^a   Ilkit, Macit ^a   Turaç Biçer, Aygül ^a   Demirhindi, Hakan ^a   Türker, Merdan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candida; Children; Circumcision; Glans penis; Malassezia

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CYCLOHEXIMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOPHILICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; PENIS GLANS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREPUTIAL GLAND; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALASSEZIA; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; GLANS; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE;

EID: 31344433655     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500225919     Document Type: Article

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