Expression of Plasma Coagulase among Pathogenic Candida Species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5792-5793

  Rodrigues, Acácio Gonçalves ^a,b,d   Pina Vaz, Cidália ^a,b,c   Costa De Oliveira, Sofia ^a   Tavares, Christina ^a  

^a Institute of Histology and Embryology   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^d Inst of Pharmacol and Therapeutics   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; REAGENT;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; COAGULASE; HUMANS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0346848915     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5792-5793.2003     Document Type: Article

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