Chaetomium fungal elements in a conventional vaginal smear

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 376-378

  Hoda, Rana S ^a   Hitchcock, Thomas ^a   Avant, Cameron ^a   Colello, Cheryl ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE;

ADULT; CANDIDA; CASE REPORT; CHAETOMIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA MYCOSIS; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

CHAETOMIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RAYNAUD DISEASE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34249745179     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20644     Document Type: Letter

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