Antifungal susceptibility and genotypes of Candida albicans strains from patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis

Mycoses

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-28

  Liu, X P ^a   Fan, S R ^a   Bai, F Y ^b   Li, J ^b   Liao, Q P ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility; Candida albicans; Genotype

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPSILOMETER TEST; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 57649231153     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01539.x     Document Type: Article

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