Candida species in stool, symptoms and complaints in general practice - A cross-sectional study of 308 outpatients

Mycoses

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-420

  Jobst, Detmar ^a,c   Kraft, Karin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida hypersensitivity syndrome; Candida vaginitis; Cigarette smoking; Intestinal mycosis; Oral fungus

Indexed keywords

NYSTATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SWEETNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINITIS; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FECES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 33747068779     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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