Multilocus sequence typing for analyses of clonality of Candida albicans strains in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2172-2178

  Chen, Kuo Wei ^a   Chen, Yee Chun ^b   Lo, Hsiu Jung ^c   Odds, Frank C ^d   Wang, Tzu Hui ^a   Lin, Chi Yang ^a   Li, Shu Ying ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONAL VARIATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MATING TYPE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; TAIWAN; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URINE CULTURE; WOUND FLUID;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33745160739     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00320-06     Document Type: Article

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