Candida Africana: Is it a fungal pathogen?

Current Fungal Infection Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 192-197

  Romeo, Orazio ^a   Tietz, Hans Jürgen ^b   Criseo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Institut fur Pilzkrankheiten   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifungals; Atypical Candida strains; Candida africana; Candida albicans; Candida dubliniensis; Candidiasis; Chlamydospore negative; Epidemiology; Molecular identification; Vaginal infections; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; NYSTATIN; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA AFRICANA; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; YEAST;

EID: 84883464604     PISSN: 19363761     EISSN: 1936377X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12281-013-0142-1     Document Type: Article

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