Efficacy of swabbing versus a conventional technique for isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from decayed wood in tree trunk hollows

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-71

  Randhawa, H S ^a   Kowshik, T ^a   Khan, Z U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Decayed wood; Ficus religiosa; Natural habitat; Serotypes A and B; Swabbing technique; Syzygium cumini

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARK; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FICUS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INDIAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTATION; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREE TRUNK; WOOD DEBRIS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BUTEA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FICUS; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYRTACEAE; WOOD;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FICUS RELIGIOSA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 13244277974     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780410001712025     Document Type: Article

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