The epidemiology of Candida species associated with vulvovaginal candidiasis in an Iranian patient population

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-203

  Mahmoudi Rad, M ^a   Zafarghandi, S ^b   Abbasabadi, B ^b   Tavallaee, M ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Candida; CHROMagar; Iran; Vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CARBOHYDRATE ABSORPTION; CHLAMYDOSPORE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SECRETION;

EID: 79952984880     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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