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Original Article

Prevalence of Candida colonization in preterm newborns and VLBW in neonatal intensive care unit: role of maternal colonization as a risk factor in transmission of disease

Gihan Yousef AliPediatric Department, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Hasa, The Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Eglal Hussein S. S. AlgoharyPediatric Department, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Hasa, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid Ahmed RashedAl-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Mohammed AlmoghanumNeonatal intensive care unit
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Azza AbdelRahman Khalifa
Pages 789-795 | Received 13 May 2011, Accepted 25 Aug 2011, Published online: 17 Oct 2011

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