Ca3 fingerprinting of Candida albicans bloodstream isolates from the United States, Canada, South America, and Europe reveals a European clade

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2729-2740

  Pujol, Claude ^a   Pfaller, Michael ^a   Soll, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADISTICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PROBE; EUROPE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD; CANADA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUROPE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0036701938     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2729-2740.2002     Document Type: Article

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