Candida pseudohaemulonii Sp. Nov., an amphotericin B- and azole-resistant yeast species, isolated from the blood of a patient from Thailand

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 469-473

  Sugita, Takashi ^a   Takashima, Masako ^b   Poonwan, Natteewan ^c   Mekha, Nanthawan ^c  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Azole; Candida haemulonii; New species

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA DEXTRO GLUCAN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCYTOSINE; MICAFUNGIN; PYRROLE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; THAILAND; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA HAEMULONII;

EID: 33745280063     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03816.x     Document Type: Article

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