Molecular characterization of new clinical isolates of Candida albicans and C. dubliniensis in Japan: Analysis reveals a new genotype of C. albicans with group I intron

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 4309-4315

  Tamura, M ^a   Watanabe, K ^a   Mikami, Y ^a   Yazawa, K ^a   Nishimura, K ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; ITRACONAZOLE; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; JAPAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035209349     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4309-4315.2001     Document Type: Article

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