Candida species isolation in peristomal skin in patients with abdominal stomas and correlation to clinical signs: a

Yamilett Morales-Mendoza1, Ramón Fernández-Martínez, Ma Rosy Fabián-Victoriano

  • 1Yamilett Morales-Mendoza, MD, is a Pediatric Dermatologist and Mycologist, Mycology Section, Division of Dermatology; Ramón Fernández-Martínez, MD, is a General Practitioner and Mycologist, Mycology Section; Ma. Rosy Fabián-Victoriano, ETN, is an Enterostomal Therapy and Wound Care Nurse, Interdisciplinary Wound and Ostomy Care Center; José Contreras-Ruiz, MD, is a Dermatologist and Wound Care Specialist, and head of the Interdisciplinary Wound and Ostomy Care Center; Elsa Vásquez-del-Mercado, MD, is a Dermatologist and Mycologist, Mycology Section; Maria de Lourdes Suárez-Roa, MD, is the Chief of Clinical Research; and Roberto Arenas-Guzman, MD, is a Dermatologist and Head of the Mycology Section; all at the Division of Dermatology of the "Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez" General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.

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