Standardized molecular typing of Candida albicans strains

Mycoses

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 369-372

  Lischewski, A ^a   Harmsen, D ^a   Hacker, J ^a   Morschhauser J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; DNA fingerprinting; Epidemiology; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031469045     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00252.x     Document Type: Article

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