Extracellular enzymatic activities in Cryptococcus neoformans strains isolated from AIDS patients in different countries

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 216-220

  Vidotto, Valerio ^a   Ito Kuwa, Soho ^b   Nakamura, Kenjrou ^b   Aoki, Shigeji ^b   Melhem, Marcia ^c   Fukushima, Kazutaka ^d   Bollo, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptococcus neoformans; Enzymatic activities; Serotypes; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ARYL ACYLAMIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ESTERASE; LEUCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROTYPE;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 33750940775     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(06)70047-x     Document Type: Article

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