Multilocus sequence typing of Candida tropicalis shows clonal cluster enriched in isolates with resistance or trailing growth of fluconazole

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-433

  Chou, Hsiao Hui ^a   Lo, Hsiu Jung ^b   Chen, Kuo Wei ^a   Liao, Mei Hui ^a   Li, Shu Ying ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Candida tropicalis; MLST; Molecular typing; PFGE

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLONAL SPECIES; DATA BASE; DIPLOIDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FLUCONAZOLE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547556097     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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