Oral distribution of Candida species and presence of oral lesions in Brazilian leprosy patients under multidrug therapy

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 764-767

  De Araújo Navas, Edna Aparecida Ferraz ^a   Inocêncio, Aline Cássia ^a   Almeida, Janete Dias ^a   Back Brito, Graziella Nuernberg ^a   Mota, Adolfo José ^b   Jorge, Antonio Olavo Cardoso ^a   Querido, Silvia Maria Rodrigues ^a   Balducci, Ivan ^a   Koga Ito, Cristiane Yumi ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Candida; Diagnosis; Leprosy; Oral; Oral manifestations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MALE; MOUTH LESION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; YEAST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350437826     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2009.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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