Persistent oral and urinary Candida spp. carriage in Italian HIV-seropositive asymptomatic subjects

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 232-235

  Pignato, S ^a   Salvo, S ^a   Coniglio, M A ^a   Marranzano, M ^a   Faro, G ^a   Giammanco, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida spp.; HIV seropositive subjects; Oral carriage; Urinary carriage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; THRUSH; URINE; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HIV INFECTIONS; ITALY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CANDIDIASIS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77953260529     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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