Frequency and species distribution of gliotoxin-producing Aspergillus isolates recovered from patients at a tertiary-care cancer center

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6120-6122

  Lewis, Russell E ^a,b   Wiederhold, Nathan P ^c   Lionakis, Michail S ^b   Prince, Randall A ^a,b   Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CANCER PATIENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CULTURE MEDIA; GLIOTOXIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; FUNGI;

EID: 30744456811     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6120-6122.2005     Document Type: Article

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