Antifungal efficacy of propolis against fluconazole-resistant Candida glabrata isolates obtained from women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-159

  Shokri, Hojjatollah ^a   Khosravi, Ali R ^b   Yalfani, Roozbeh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Propolis; Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

3 QUINOLINE CARBOXAMIDE; ALCOHOL; AMIDE; BISABOLOL; CAFFEIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID; ETHANOL EXTRACT; FERULIC ACID; FLUCONAZOLE; ISOFERULIC ACID; NITROGEN; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PROPOLIS; PROPOLIS EXTRACT; STEARIC ACID; SUCCIMER TC 99M; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL SUSPENSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FLUCONAZOLE RESISTANT CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOLOGY; NOTE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; YEAST;

EID: 79960158453     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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