Fluorometric determination of acid proteinase activity in Candida albicans strains from diabetic patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Yildirim, Zuhal ^a   Kilic, Nedret ^a   Kalkanci, Ayse ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acid proteinase activity; Candida albicans; Diabetes mellitus; Vulvovaginitis

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 80052792380     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2010.01951.x     Document Type: Article

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