Species and genotypic diversities and similarities of pathogenic yeasts colonizing women.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on December 01, 1999

Authors

J Xu1, C M Boyd, E Livingston, W Meyer, J F Madden, T G Mitchell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. jpxu@acpub.duke.edu

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