Characterization of pathogenetic determinants of Candida albicans strains

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 287, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 501-508

  Macura, Anna B ^a   Voss, Andreas ^b   Melchers, Willem J G ^b   Meis, Jacques F G M ^b   Sysło, Jadwiga ^a   Heczko, Piotr B ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHARACTERIZATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL GROWTH; HYDROPHOBICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINASE; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

EID: 0032077478     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(98)80191-6     Document Type: Article

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