Multilocus genotyping indicates that the ability to invade the bloodstream is widespread among Candida albicans isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1657-1660

  Luu, L N ^a   Cowen, L E ^a   Sirjusingh, C ^a   Kohn, L M ^a   Anderson, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGEMIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0035062069     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1657-1660.2001     Document Type: Article

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