Oral Candida species in head and neck cancer patients treated by radiotherapy

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 400-404

  De Freitas, Edimilson M ^a   Nobre, Sérgio A M ^a   De Oliveira Pires, Maria Betânia ^a   Faria, Ronize Viviane J ^a   Batista, André Ulisses Dantas ^b   Bonan, Paulo Rogério Ferreti ^a  

^a University of Montes Claros   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida species; Identification; Quantification; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; THRUSH; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA;

EID: 84876989497     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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