Usefulness of culture test and direct examination for the diagnosis of oral atrophic candidiasis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-373

  Terai, Haruhiko ^a   Shimahara, Masashi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICONAZOLE; POVIDONE IODINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC CANDIDIASIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THRUSH; TONGUE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS;

EID: 63249116612     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03925.x     Document Type: Article

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