Lack of catheter infection by the efg1/efg1 cph1/cph1 double-null mutant, a Candida albicans strain that is defective in filamentous growth

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1153-1155

  Lewis, Russell E ^a   Lo, Hsiu Jung ^a   Raad, Issam I ^a   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CPH1P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EFG1P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETERIZATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYURETHANES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036207976     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.4.1153-1155.2002     Document Type: Article

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