Prevalence of candida dubliniensis among oral candida isolates in patients attending the Kuwait University Dental Clinic

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-276

  Ellepola, Arjuna N B ^a   Khan, Zia U ^a   Joseph, Bobby ^a   Chandy, Rachel ^a   Philip, Leeba ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Candida; Oral flora; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR DILUTION; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CLINIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STEROID THERAPY; THRUSH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; DENTAL CLINICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953658515     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323440     Document Type: Article

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