Multicentric genetic study of Candida albicans isolates from non- neutropenic patients using MLEE typing: Population structure and mode of reproduction

Mycoses

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 109-117

  Arnavielhe, Sylvie ^a,d   De Meeus T ^b   Blancard, A ^c   Mallie M ^a   Renaud, F ^b   Bastide, J M ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Ctr d'Etude Polymorphisme Micro O   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; MLEE; Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis; Neutropenia; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, STARCH GEL; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISOENZYMES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEUTROPENIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0033939392     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2000.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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