Apophysomyces elegans: An emerging zygomycete in India

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 783-788

  Chakrabarti, A ^a   Ghosh, A ^a   Prasad, G S ^b   David, J K ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Das, A ^a   Sakhuja, V ^a   Panda, N K ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Das, S ^a   Chakrabarti, T ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APOPHYSOMYCES ELEGANS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ZYGOMYCETES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

APOPHYSOMYCES ELEGANS; FUNGI; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 12244271453     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.783-788.2003     Document Type: Article

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