Candida Vaginitis: When Opportunism Knocks, the Host Responds

Brian M. Peters; Junko Yano; Mairi C. Noverr; Paul L. Fidel Jr

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003965

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Candida Vaginitis: When Opportunism Knocks, the Host Responds

Brian M. Peters ,

* E-mail: bpete2@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Dental School, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Junko Yano,

Affiliations Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Dental School, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Mairi C. Noverr,

Affiliations Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Dental School, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Paul L. Fidel Jr

Affiliations Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Dental School, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Candida Vaginitis: When Opportunism Knocks, the Host Responds

Brian M. Peters,
Junko Yano,
Mairi C. Noverr,
Paul L. Fidel Jr

Published: April 3, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003965

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