Frequency of bacteria, Candida and Malassezia species in balanoposthitis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-336

  Alsterholm, Mikael ^a   Flytström, Ingela ^a   Leifsdottir, Ragna ^a   Faergemann, Jan ^a   Bergbrant, Ing Marie ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balanoposthitis; Candida; Malassezia; Microbes; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BALANOPOSTHITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BALANITIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FORESKIN; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 47749149982     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0478     Document Type: Article

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