Aspergillus hyphae in infected tissue: Evidence of physiologic adaptation and effect on culture recovery

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 382-386

  Tarrand, Jeffrey J ^a   Han, Xiang Y ^a   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P ^a   May, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; HYPHAE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI;

EID: 11844287686     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.382-386.2005     Document Type: Article

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