Epidemiological phenotypic characteristics of vaginal yeasts at the Comoros

Mycoses

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 458-461

  Farina, C ^a   Saleri, N ^b   Lombart, J P ^c   Toyb, M ^d   Youssouf, Z ^c   Caligaris, S ^b   Matteelli, A ^b  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c Hospital EL Maarouf   (Comoros)

^d National Malaria Control Center   (Comoros)

Author keywords

Comoros; Epidemiology; Morphotype; Phospholipase; Vaginosis; Yeast

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA SAKE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COMOROS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOTYPE; MYCOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINA; VULVOVAGINITIS; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; COMOROS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOLIPASES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINA; YEASTS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA SAKE;

EID: 68749099968     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01633.x     Document Type: Article

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