Asymptomatic oral yeast carriage in HIV-infected patients: frequency and fluconazole susceptibility profile
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Asymptomatic oral yeast carriage and antifungal susceptibility profile of HIV-infected patients in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China
BACKGROUND Oral Candida colonization and its relation with predisposing factors in HIV-infected patients have received wide concerns during recent decades. In this study, we investigated asymptomatic oral Candida carriage rate, species distribution and antifungal susceptibility of 604 HIV-infected patients and 851 healthy individuals in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. METHODS Mucosal swab ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1016/s1198-743x(15)60283-x