Histoplasma capsulatum with aberrant morphology isolated in Argentina;Aislamientos de Histoplasma capsulatum con morfología aberrante obtenidos en la República Argentina

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-83

  Zuiani, M F ^a   Rivas, M C ^a   Lee, W ^a   Guelfand, L ^b   Davel, G ^a   Canteros, C E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atypical morphology; Histoplasma capsulatum; Identification; RAPD PCR

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ARGENTINA; DNA, FUNGAL; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33748998776     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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