Molecular typing of clinical and environmental Cryptococcus neoformans isolates in the Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-415

  Casali, Agnes Kiesling ^a   Goulart, Letícia ^b   Rosa E Silva, Lívia Kmetzsch ^a   Ribeiro, Ângela Medeiros ^a   Amaral, Aline Almeida ^a   Alves, Sydney Hartz ^b   Schrank, Augusto ^a   Meyer, Wieland ^c   Vainstein, Marilene Henning ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Molecular epidemiology; PCR fingerprinting; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

DNA MINISATELLITE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; COLUMBA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; EUCALYPTUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0038215526     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1356(03)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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