Molecular epidemiology of Candida infections

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-124

  Verduyn Lunel, Frans M ^a   Verweij, Paul E ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^b   Meis, Jacques F G M ^a   Voss, Andreas ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Candida; Fungal infection; Genotyping; Phenotyping; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; FLUCYTOSINE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KARYOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; MICROFLORA; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0005771516     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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