Usefulness of multilocus sequence typing for characterization of clinical isolates of Candida albicans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1290-1297

  Bougnoux, Marie Elisabeth ^a   Morand, S ^a   D'Enfert, C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0036204680     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1290-1297.2002     Document Type: Article

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