Relationship between clinical diagnosis of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis and detection of Candida species by culture and polymerase chain reaction

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-129

  Weissenbacher, T ^a   Witkin, S S ^b   Ledger, W J ^b   Tolbert, V ^a   Gingelmaier, A ^a   Scholz, C ^a   Weissenbacher, E R ^a   Friese, K ^a   Mylonas, I ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Polymerase chain reaction; Recurrent vulvovaginal Candidiasis (RVVC); Sabouraud agar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL LAVAGE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; VAGINA;

EID: 58149202514     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0681-9     Document Type: Article

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