Molecular epidemiology of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from AIDS patients of the Brazilian city, Rio de Janeiro

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-238

  Igreja, R P ^a   Dos Santos Lazera M ^a   Wanke, B ^b   Gutierrez Galhardo, M C ^b   Kidd, S E ^c   Meyer, Wieland ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMPHOTERICIN B; CYTOSINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REINFECTION; RELAPSE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RECURRENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 3242884613     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001644743     Document Type: Article

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