Candida balanitis: Risk factors

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 820-826

  Lisboa, C ^a   Santos, A ^a   Dias, C ^a   Azevedo, F ^a   Pina Vaz, C ^a   Rodrigues, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Balanitis; Candida; Candidosis; Diabetes mellitus; Risk factor; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANITIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA BALANITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS GLANS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; CANDIDIASIS; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALANITIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953177715     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03533.x     Document Type: Article

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