The mycobiome of the human urinary tract: Potential roles for fungi in urology

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Ackerman, A Lenore ^a   Underhill, David M ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal microbiome; Fungi; Lower urinary tract symptom (LUTS); Mycobiome; Urinary tract; Urology

Indexed keywords

BLADDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYCOBIOME; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; URINE; UROLOGY;

EID: 85010695320     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.12.69     Document Type: Review

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