Extracellular enzymes and susceptibility to fluconazole in Candida strains isolated from patients with vaginitis and healthy individuals

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Seifi, Zahra ^a   Mahmoudabadi, Ali Zarei ^a   Zarrin, Majid ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Coagulase; Fluconazole; Phospholipase; Vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; FLUCONAZOLE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEINASE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA HUMICOLA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; MEYEROZYMA GUILLIERMONDII; NONHUMAN; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84927537541     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.20162     Document Type: Article

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