Comparative analysis of genetic variability among Candida albicans isolates from different geographic locales by three genotypic methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1332-1336

  Clemons, Karl V ^a,b   Feroze, Farhana ^c   Holmberg, Kenneth ^c   Stevens, David A ^a,b  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0031009440     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1332-1336.1997     Document Type: Article

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