A Review of the Ultrastructural Features of Superficial Candidiasis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 235-250

  Jayatilake, J A M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Candida species; Candidiasis; Cytochemistry; Electron microscopy; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SKIN;

CANDIDA; FUNGI;

EID: 79952985880     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9373-7     Document Type: Review

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