Multilocus genotypes and DNA fingerprints do not predict variation in azole resistance among clinical isolates of Candida albicans

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2930-2938

  Cowen, Leah E ^a   Sirjusingh, Caroline ^a   Summerbell, Richard C ^b,c   Walmsley, Sharon ^c   Richardson, Susan ^d   Kohn, Linda M ^a   Anderson, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032785344     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.12.2930     Document Type: Article

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