Update on Oral Fungal Infections

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 561-581

  Muzyka, Brian C ^a   Epifanio, Rodolfo N ^b  

^a Hospital Dentistry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Blastomycosis; Candidiasis; Cryptococcosis; Geotrichosis; Histoplasmosis; Mucormycosis; Oral fungal infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ASPERGILLOSIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; GEOTRICHOSIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; ORAL FUNGAL INFECTIONS; REVIEW; THRUSH;

ASPERGILLOSIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; GEOTRICHOSIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORAL FUNGAL INFECTIONS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; MYCOSES;

EID: 84883770303     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2013.07.002     Document Type: Review

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