A comparison study between the direct agglutination test and conventional methods in the diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 639-645

  Khosravi, Alireza ^a   Shokri, Hojjatollah ^a   Savadi, R ^a   Niroumanesh, S ^b   Daieghazvini, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida; Conventional methods; Direct agglutination test; Vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355129627     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-010-1050-1     Document Type: Article

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