Transmission of an azole-resistant isogenic strain of Candida albicans among human immunodeficiency virus-infected family members with oropharyngeal candidiasis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3405-3408

  Müller, Frank Michael C ^a,b   Kasai, Miki ^a   Francesconi, Andrea ^a   Brillante, Beth ^a   Roden, Maureen ^a   Peter, Joanne ^a   Chanock, Stephen J ^a   Walsh, Thomas J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRROLE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KARYOTYPING; MALE; OROPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 17144433571     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3405-3408.1999     Document Type: Article

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