Diagnostic value of signs and symptoms of mammary candidosis among lactating women

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 288-295

  Francis Morill, Jimi ^a   Heinig, M Jane ^a   Pappagianis, Demosthenes ^b   Dewey, Kathryn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast pain; Breastfeeding; Candida albicans; Diagnosis; Mammary candidosis; Nipple pain; Signs; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MASTALGIA; NIPPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CULTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BREAST DISEASES; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CANDIDIASIS, CUTANEOUS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MILK, HUMAN; NEVADA; NIPPLES; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444262574     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334404267226     Document Type: Article

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