Karyotyping of Candida albicans and Candida glabrata isolates from recurrent vaginal infections by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-68

  Fodor, Eleonóra ^a   Dosa E ^a   Nagy, A ^b   Nagy, E ^a,c   Ferenczy, L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candida glabrata; Karyotyping; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC)

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KARYOTYPING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; VAGINA; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RECURRENCE; VAGINA;

EID: 0036046605     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.49.2002.1.6     Document Type: Article

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