Genotyping of clinical Rhodotorula mucilaginosa isolates by pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Mycoses

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 487-491

  Saracli, M A ^a   Sener, K ^a   Gonlum, A ^a   Yildiran, S T ^a   Wickes, B L ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RHODOTORULA; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FUNGEMIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; PROSTATE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RHODOTORULA; TURKEY;

FUNGI; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 0346216143     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0933-7407.2003.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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