Clinical study of Candida vaginitis in Ahvaz, Iran and susceptibility of agents to topical antifungal

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 607-610

  Mahmoudabadi, Ali Zarei ^a   Najafyan, Mahin ^a   Alidadi, Maryam ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candida vaginitis; Clotrimazole; Miconazole; Nystatin; Vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; NYSTATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT INFECTION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 77957342342     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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