Phaeoacremonium parasiticum infections confirmed by β-tubulin sequence analysis of case isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2207-2211

  Baddley, John W ^a   Mostert, Lizel ^c,d   Summerbell, Richard C ^c   Moser, Stephen A ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA TUBULIN; FUNGAL DNA; ITRACONAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POSACONAZOLE; RAVUCONAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DNA ISOLATION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HYPHOMYCETES; MALE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEOACREMONIUM PARASITICUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

PHAEOACREMONIUM; PHAEOACREMONIUM PARASITICUM;

EID: 33745164312     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00205-06     Document Type: Article

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