Molecular analysis of Malassezia species isolated from hospitalized neonates

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-316

  Zomorodain, Kamiar ^a   Mirhendi, Hossein ^b   Tarazooie, Bita ^b   Kordbacheh, Parivash ^b   Zeraati, Hojjat ^b   Nayeri, Fatemeh ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGEMIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN;

EID: 44949246365     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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