Polymerase chain reaction in detection of Candida albicans for confirmation of clinical diagnosis of nipple thrush

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-187

  Panjaitan, Mariana ^a   Amir, Lisa H ^a,b   Costa, Anna Maria ^c   Rudland, Elice ^c   Tabrizi, Sepehr ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST FEEDING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL DETECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LETTER; MASTALGIA; MASTITIS; NIPPLE; NIPPLE THRUSH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THRUSH;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTITIS; NIPPLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51349123413     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2008.0106     Document Type: Letter

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