Identification of candida species associated with vulvovaginal candidiasis by multiplex PCR

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mahmoudi Rad, Mahnaz ^a   Zafarghandi, Ameneh Sh ^a   Amel Zabihi, Maryam ^a   Tavallaee, Mahkam ^b   Mirdamadi, Yasaman ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; AGE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84864921998     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/872169     Document Type: Article

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