Evaluation of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis as a typing system for Candida rugosa: Comparison of karyotype and restriction fragment length polymorphisms

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1494-1496

  Dib, Juan C ^a   Dube, Michael ^b   Kelly, Cindy ^a   Rinaldi, Michael G ^a   Patterson, Jan Evans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CANDIDA; CANDIDA RUGOSA; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

CANDIDA RUGOSA; FUNGI;

EID: 0029898308     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1494-1496.1996     Document Type: Article

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