Value of morphotyping for the characterization of Candida albicans clinical isolates

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 483-490

  Giammanco, Giovanni M ^a   Lopes, Maria Manuel ^b   Coimbra, Roney S ^c   Pignato, Sarina ^d   Grimont, Patrick A D ^c   Grimont, Francine ^c   Freitas, Graciete ^b   Giammanco, Giuseppe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Karyotyping; Morphotyping; Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 26444466675     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762005000500007     Document Type: Article

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