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Clinical Trial
. 1990 Mar;28(3):600-1.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.3.600-601.1990.

Is Candida stellatoidea disappearing from the vaginal mucosa?

K J Kwon-Chung  1 , B L Wickes, I F Salkin, H L Kotz, J D Sobel
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Clinical Trial

Is Candida stellatoidea disappearing from the vaginal mucosa?

K J Kwon-Chung et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1990 Mar.

Abstract

A total of 681 vaginal isolates of germ tube-positive or germ tube-untested white, yeastlike fungi obtained from patients in various cities of the United States were tested for the presence of Candida stellatoidea (type I). Only 1 of the 681 isolates was identified as C. stellatoidea.

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