Molecular heterogeneity of fluconazole-resistant and -susceptible oral candida albicans isolates within a single geographic locale

APMIS

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-324

  Dassanayake, R S ^b   Ellepola, A N B ^b   Samaranayake, Y H ^b   Samaranayak, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Fluconazole resistance; Genotypes

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; PRIMER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KARYOTYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; THRUSH;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUCONAZOLE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036255511     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.100406.x     Document Type: Article

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