Reservoir of Candida albicans infection in a vascular bypass graft demonstrates a stable karyotype over six months

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-260

  Lephart, Paul ^a   Ferrieri, Patricia ^a   van Burik, Jo Anne H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Karyotype; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FUNGEMIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 3242892758     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001644662     Document Type: Article

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