The absence of candida albicans in milk samples of women with clinical symptoms of ductal candidiasis

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 57-61

  Hale, Thomas W ^a   Bateman, Tiffany L ^b   Finkelman, Malcolm A ^c   Berens, Pamela D ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Baptist Saint Anthony's Hospital   (United States)

^c Associates of Cape Cod Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; DETERGENT; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON; BETA GLUCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DUCTAL CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; MASTITIS; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PAIN;

ADULT; BETA-GLUCANS; BREAST FEEDING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTITIS; MILK, HUMAN; NIPPLES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649985935     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2008.0144     Document Type: Article

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