Molecular typing of Cryptococcus neoformans by PCR fingerprinting, in comparison with serotyping and Fourier transform infrared-spectroscopy-based phenotyping

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-147

  Lemmer, K ^a   Naumann, D ^a   Raddatz, B ^a   Tintelnot, K ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; FT IR spectroscopy; PCR fingerprinting; Serotyping; Var. gattii; Var. neoformans

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPING; STANDARDIZATION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 1842852519     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001624565     Document Type: Article

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