Phenotyping and genotyping of Sporothrix schenckii isolates according to geographic origin and clinical form of sporotrichosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3004-3011

  Mesa Arango, Ana Cecilia ^a   Reyes Montes, Maria del Rocio ^a   Pérez Mejía, Amelia ^a   Navarro Barranco, Hortensia ^a   Souza, Valeria ^a   Zúñiga, Gerardo ^a   Toriello, Conchita ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GROWTH INHIBITION; GUATEMALA; HEAT TOLERANCE; LD 50; MALE; MEXICO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SKIN DEFECT; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; VIRULENCE;

COLOMBIA; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MEXICO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 0036702033     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3004-3011.2002     Document Type: Article

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