Persistence, replacement, and microevolution of Cryptococcus neoformans strains in recurrent meningitis in AIDS patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1739-1744

  Sullivan, Derek ^a   Haynes, Ken ^b   Moran, Gary ^a   Shanley, Diarmuid ^a   Coleman, David ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RECURRENT INFECTION;

EID: 0029953303     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1739-1744.1996     Document Type: Article

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