Candida isolates in tertiary hospitals in northeastern Brazil;Isolados de Candida em hospital terciário no nordeste do Brasil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-328

  Hinrichsen, Sylvia Lemos ^a   Falcão, Érica ^b   Vilella, Tatiana Aguiar Santos ^a   Rêgo, Leandro ^a   Lira, Conceição ^a   Almeida, Luciano ^b   Martins, Mízia ^b   Araújo, Carmem ^b   Duarte, Marcelo ^b   Lopes, Geraldo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Cerpe Diagnósticos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida; Candida isolates; Candidemia

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 69249149296     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822009000200021     Document Type: Article

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