Candida albicans andon-albicans species as etiological agent of vaginitis in pregnant and non-pregnant women

Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-97

  Babić, Mlrela ^a   Hukić, Mirsada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Non albicans species; Pregnancy risk factor; Vaginal candidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949398864     PISSN: 15128601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2010.2744     Document Type: Article

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