Prevalence of oral Candida species in leprosy patients from Cambodia and Thailand

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 342-346

  Reichart, P A ^a   Samaranayake, L P ^b   Bendick, Ch ^c   Schmidt Westhausen, A M ^a   Jayatilake, J A M S ^d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Cambodia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Candida species; Leprosy; Oral; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CHLAMYDOSPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH FLORA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; THAILAND; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMBODIA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE; THAILAND; TONGUE;

EID: 34250014964     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2007.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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