Isolation of different species of Candida in patients with vulvovaginal candidiasis from sari, Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Hedayati, Mohammad Taghi ^a,b   Taheri, Zahra ^b   Galinimoghadam, Tahereh ^b   Aghili, Seyed Reza ^b   Cherati, Jamshid Yazdani ^c   Mosayebi, Elham ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida; Incidence; Vulvovaginal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PINTOLOPESII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEYEROZYMA GUILLIERMONDII; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 84929346799     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.8(4)2015.15992     Document Type: Article

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