Frequency and enzymatic activity of Candida albicans isolated from the oral cavity of HIV-positive patients at Fortaleza, Ceará

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-256

  Menezes, Everardo Albuquerque ^a   Monteiro, Maria Neuman Ricarte ^b   Parente, Ticiana Mont'Alverne ^b   Cunha, Francisco Afrânio ^b   Augusto, Kristopherson Lustosa ^b   Freire, Caio César Furtado ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas ^*

Author keywords

Candida albicans; HIV; Phospholipase; Proteinase

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749528020     PISSN: 16762444     EISSN: 16784774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1676-24442006000400005     Document Type: Article

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