Is Candida kefyr an emerging pathogen in patients with oncohematological diseases? [3]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 666-667

  Sendid, Boualem ^a   Lacroix, Claire ^b   Bougnoux, Marie Elisabeth ^c  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA KEFYR; CANDIDIASIS; FRANCE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS;

EID: 33747585384     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506573     Document Type: Letter

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